An Adventure in Grief - Softcover
Catherine de Courcy emigrated from Ireland in 1986 and, on her travels, met John Johnson, a larger-than-life figure, English runaway and Australian army officer. They were together for fifteen years. John was a Vietnam veteran devoured by post-traumatic stress, which eventually led him to take his own life. After his violent suicide Catherine was faced with an overwhelming grief, which she chose to confront head on. Unflinchingly and without self-pity, Catherine de Courcy looks at the hidden aspects of grief and how to manage the strange and unsettling challenges the loss of a loved one provokes. She also portrays with sympathy and honesty the devastating impact of post-traumatic stress on a Vietnam veteran long after the war. This is a deeply moving and inspiring story of one person s journey through grief.
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An inspiring story through life. Read it. --Anita Notaro
About the Author:
Catherine de Courcy grew up in Dublin, graduated from UCD in 1979 and became a professional librarian. She worked in libraries in Ireland, Papua New Guinea and Australia. She travelled the Australian outback with her husband, John, and wrote several guidebooks. She has an international reputation as a historian of zoos. In 2003, some years after John s death, she returned to Ireland and is now a full-time writer.
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- PublisherThe Collins Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1905172877
- ISBN 13 9781905172870
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages200
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