grief Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/grief/ Tue, 17 May 2016 10:50:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Deciding To Be A Writer https://booksbywomen.org/deciding-to-be-a-writer-by-lindsay-complin/ https://booksbywomen.org/deciding-to-be-a-writer-by-lindsay-complin/#comments Tue, 17 May 2016 09:50:12 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15533 “Anyone who wants to say goodbye should come this morning,” said the voice. He was very clear that we should not leave it until the afternoon. The doctor had called about six in the morning to tell me that my mother was not going to recover from the pneumonia that had seen her stricken in […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/deciding-to-be-a-writer-by-lindsay-complin/feed/ 5 15533 Writing Through Grief https://booksbywomen.org/writing-through-grief-by-carol-drinkwater/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-through-grief-by-carol-drinkwater/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2016 09:06:53 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15156 Two weeks ago, my wonderful mother died. Suddenly, unexpectedly, she passed away in my arms. One final slow exhalation and she was limp. Gone. Grief has bowled me over, set me totally off course. It was the week of publication for THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER and I was bouleversée, as the French say. Devastated. Nevertheless, I […]

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