And here we have it – Book number 2!!
This is just a quick note to let you all know about my new book. I’m absolutely thrilled that I have managed to complete it and it is very special to me. It is currently available on Amazon in both paperback and hard back, links below and it will also soon be available from The Book Dragon in Stockton-on-Tees.
Following the loss of my son during pregnancy in 2002, I started to write to him to keep his memory alive, both for myself and as a way of channeling all the grief that I was trying to keep locked inside. This is the story of the most traumatic event in my life. It tells the story of how I navigated the all-encompassing heartache and pain, eventually coming out the other side, very much with the help of family and friends. It is an unbearable grief at whatever stage you lose a baby, one which you will never forget. This is my account of how it affected me and my family.
Twenty-one years later I share this book as a tribute to my son, Ian, who I sadly never got to keep and to acknowledge this year which would have been his twenty first birthday. I hope that by sharing these letters and my thoughts that it may help others navigate their own grief and to bring comfort and hope, this is my wish. We all deal with grief differently and what works for one person doesn’t necessarily work for another, this should always be borne in mind whilst reading. This book is based on my own experience and are my own personal views.
I would like to thank my family once again for allowing me to share this very personal and painful world we found ourselves in. In this book I share a lot of personal family pictures and stories. I would like to thank my friend Helen. who has allowed me to portray her role in this story, without Helen things may have turned out very differently. Also, to all the dedicated midwives and staff in the maternity department of our local hospital, who will always have my undying gratitude and respect and to all midwives the world over.
Whilst this book is still in the memoir genre, it is completely different from my last book, and I hope you will like what I have now put together.
Keeping these letters to myself was special, it was something I felt was just ours – mine and Ian’s – but now it’s time to share them with the rest of the World. So, I share these letters in this book and my thoughts on the situation I found myself in, in the hope that it might help others who have suffered the loss of a baby. No parent should have the pain of burying their child, and this book is also dedicated to them.
“There is no foot too small, that it cannot leave an imprint on this world.”
Author unknown.
Trigger Warning: This book contains reference to baby loss and stillbirth that some may find distressing.
An additional note, Amazon will be increasing their prices from the 20th of June, so if this is something that you would really like to add to your bookshelves, please act fast! Thank you all so much for your continued support, it makes it all worthwhile. As with my previous book, I will be donating some of these books to charities that support families who have suffered from stillbirth and neonatal deaths.
For anyone in Europe I found Amazon.fr very good and I will also have a supply in Malta from 6th July, so if anyone wants me to keep them a copy please let me know and I will add you to the list. Thanks.
With love & gratitude
Janet
Amazon links: Paperback
Hard cover:
The Book Dragon: The Book Dragon, 6 West Row, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1BT. www.thebookdragon.co.uk
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