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LegacyConnect's Blog – January 2009 Archive (2)
Book Review: 'The Grieving Child' by Helen Fitzgerald
When a doctor informed Helen Fitzgerald that her husband was dying from cancer, he discouraged her sharing the diagnosis with the patient. This also meant not telling her four children – the prevailing wisdom of the time was that children should not be exposed to sad or disturbing news. Her children nevertheless sensed something was wrong, causing tensions within the family, and when she… Continue
Added by LegacyConnect on January 29, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Book Review: 'The Suicide Index' by Joan Wickersham
“This is what my father did,” writes Joan Wickersham early in her memoir The Suicide Index: Putting My Father’s Death in Order. “He got up, showered, shaved and dressed for work. He went downstairs and made a pot of coffee, and while it was brewing he went outside and walked down the long driveway to pick up the newspaper. He left the paper folded on the kitchen table, poured a cup of coffee, carried it upstairs, and put it on my mother’s bedside…
Added by LegacyConnect on January 14, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments
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