An Adventure in Grief - Softcover

Catherine De Courcy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905172877 ISBN 13: 9781905172870

Publisher: The Collins Press, 2009

Synopsis

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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Review

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Collins Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1905172877
• ISBN 13: 9781905172870
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200