"Missing word. A woman who lives longer than her husband is called a widow; a man without his wife, a widower. A child without parents is an orphan. But what do you call the mother and the father of a child who has died?"
My 17th book in my 52 book in a year is ShadowChild, written by, P.F. Thomese.
What to say as a review of a book that is clearly an outpouring of love and loss.
This book is incredibly sad.
The style in which this book is written is beautiful and meditative.
I volunteer for Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep, I know parents who have lost children and have experienced it near them even in that moment. This book touched me deeply. Written by a man, the father, of a child who has passed has left me realizing even more clearly that no matter how much we try to help someone, we can never truly experience or come close to realize their own pain.
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