Chasing Death: Losing a Child to Suicide
Language: English
Published by Perfect Publishers Ltd, 2009
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Chasing Death is a candid, heartbreaking and enlightening glimpse into the world of families bereaved by the loss of a loved one to suicide. The book connects to the incommunicable pain of survivors from diverse situations, covering some of the darkest thoughts, feelings and behaviours that are often unspoken for fear of being judged. Written by a mother determined to be a victor of circumstance, not a victim, the upsetting aspects of the book are balanced by the author's compassionate, spiritual and philosophical thoughts, quotes and coping strategies to help the survivor move from total despair to living alongside the grief in a positive way. The audience for Chasing Death extends beyond grieving families and those who deal with them and will provide a compelling, touching and informative read for anyone interested in emotional true life stories. It will also help people respond with greater understanding and sensitivity to the surviving families? grief. #1 of every hard copy of the book sold is donated to Kidscape, the UK charity dedicated to keeping children safe from bullying and abuse. Too many bereaved people are thrown into a wilderness of relentless, silent torture, afraid to share their feelings for fear of being judged. This book clearly demonstrates how debilitating the grief can be and how it can still cripple a survivor, ten, twenty, thirty and even forty years or more after the event. However, there are uplifting chapters that give advice on how to live alongside the grief in a positive way and how joy and sadness can co-exist. The audience for Chasing Death extends beyond grieving families and those who deal with them and will provide a compelling, touching and enlightening read for anyone interested in emotional true life stories. It will also help people respond with greater understanding and sensitivity to the surviving families' grief. 1 from every hard copy of the book sold is being donated to Kidscape, the UK charity dedicated to keeping children safe from bullying and abuse.…
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- Title
- Chasing Death: Losing a Child to Suicide
- Author
- Jan Andersen
- Publisher
- Perfect Publishers Ltd
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1905399448
- ISBN 13
- 9781905399444
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
The aim of Chasing Death is to raise money for charity and help families who have suffered the loss of a loved one to suicide. This is NOT a grief recovery book, but one that attempts to put candid and heartrending words to the often incommunicable pain, guilt and despair that the surviving families endure, not only through the telling of the author's story, but through the experiences of other families mourning the loss of a child, stepchild, grandchild, sibling, friend or relative to suicide. Although this book will break your heart, it will also provide solace to other child suicide grievers in the knowledge that their thoughts and feelings are entirely normal and that they are not alone.
Too many bereaved people are thrown into a wilderness of relentless, silent torture, afraid to share their feelings for fear of being judged. This book clearly demonstrates how debilitating the grief can be and how it can still cripple a survivor, ten, twenty, thirty and even forty years or more after the event.
Written by a mother determined to be a victor of circumstance, not a victim, the upsetting aspects of the book are balanced by the author’s compassionate, spiritual and philosophical thoughts, quotes and coping strategies to help the survivor move from total despair to living alongside the grief in a positive way.
£1 from every hard copy of the book sold is being donated to Kidscape, the UK charity dedicated to keeping children safe from bullying and abuse.
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About the Author
She has participated in numerous national and international radio and TV programmes as a result of her websites and written work.
Jan has an impressive portfolio of skills, which includes writing lesson plans, dissertations, research papers, presentations, marketing material and commercial copy for a broad spectrum of industries. She also edits, formats and proofreads books and film scripts for other authors. Jan's follow-up book, Kristian's Heaven, channels words of comfort from the spirit world in order to answer some of the questions that plague the minds of suicide survivors.
Jan also owns and runs several websites single-handedly, all of which she also designed, including the world's premier resource for older mothers, Mothers Over 40 (mothersover40.com), Child Suicide (childsuicide.org), a supportive resource for families who have lost a child to suicide and Jan Andersen Writing Services (creativecopywriter.org), which is Jan's personal business site.
Jan lives in the UK with her partner and their daughter Lauren Erica.
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