The Arms That Held. This item is unavailable.The Arms That Held

Grief is hard. Depression, suicide, and mental health are hard topics to grabble with. This collection of poetry doesn’t shy away from them; it addresses them head-on and unapologetically. This book takes the reader on one young person’s journey through the grief and pain of losing a parent to suicide. The book is organized into three chapters, each describing a different stage of the author’s grief journey. It begins with a chapter addressing the shock and pain of early grief, and ends with a chapter devoted to the longer-term resolution that comes with time. These poems are honest, bittersweet, and meant to assure readers that they are not alone in their own grief or mental health struggles.