Am I Still a Mother? : Surviving Life's Cruellest Tragedy - Twice by Helen Bouchami

An ordinary woman: an extraordinary lifeIn 1979 Helen returns from Algeria to a much-changed UK, where she must juggle sole parenthood with thedemands of a successful career. Her life unravels when her older son develops acute leukaemia and hisdevastated brother spirals into depression and addiction. For a decade Helen battles to keep her family, and herself, together. Unable to save her sons, can she nowsave herself?"Takes us on a devastating yet inspiring journey through the loss of her sons just a few years apart. Writing with searing insight and exceptional beauty, Helen Bouchami reveals how grief gave way to the transformative, healing power of love, and ultimately, to a new sense of meaning in life."?Joelle Fraser, author of?The Territory of Men?and?The Forest House
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