First Year, Worst Year

Coping with the Unexpected Death of Our Grown-Up Daughter
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-470-09359-7
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 349 g

When clinical psychologist Barbara Wilson was faced with the devastating loss of her adult daughter Sarah, her professional skills were sorely tested. How she, her husband Mick, and their family came to terms with their loss is detailed in First Year, Worst Year, a moving memoir of survival during and after bereavement. Filled with photos of the Wilson family and their journey retracing the last moments of their daughter, who perished in a rafting accident in Peru, this book is a testament to the resilience of the human heart, even after it’s been broken.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Barbara A.

Wilson, Michael John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword ix

Acknowledgements xi

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 There’s terrible, terrible news 4

Chapter 2 Sarah lovely, Sarah happy 17

Chapter 3 You were not fragile until you were fearless 36

Chapter 4 It’s OK, I can talk about it 82

Chapter 5 I always flirt with death 111

Chapter 6 Can you make a phone call if you’re dead? 141

Chapter 7 Wekissthejoyasitflies 173

Chapter 8 The final goodbye: ‘‘ForeverYoung’’ 179

Epilogue Last word from Sarah (as it were) 197

References 201

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Wilson, O.B.E. is a well-known clinical psychologist with a special interest in memory functions. This book however, is not written from her professional perspective, but as a bereaved mother. Her husband, Mick Wilson, is a publishing professional. They have another daughter and son who survive.