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Not What I Said

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Evidence of a Previous Life

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Renee Ryan's Review of Leaving the Gravesite

"Leaving the Gravesite by Alford Kerry Hardy is a provocative, haunting insight into the mind of a cancer patient. The heroine’s choice to die alone leaves the reader with many unanswered questions. But Hardy does an excellent job of illuminating her reasons, by going back to the beginning of her life. This is a powerful story that sheds light on how a traumatic childhood experience can distort a person’s thinking as an adult. The heroine’s first brush with death leads her to believe her primary role as a mother is to spare her children the pain and, perhaps even, the loss of innocence she herself endured. Hardy is a master storyteller. Leaving the Gravesite is one not to be missed." Renee Ryan

Renee Ryan is an award-winning author who has sold 17 books to Harlequin's Love Inspired Historical Romance.  In addition, Renee has a degree in Economics and has taught Latin.  Her latest book is The Marriage Agreement.  

Resting in The Roots of Fallen Trees

Resting in The Roots of Fallen Trees

Fallen - Earth Washed Away From Beneath The Mighty

Earth Washed Away From Beneath The Mighty
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In LeavingThe Gravesite, grief leads the main character to make a decision that nearly ends her life.  She makes this decision at such a young age that one can see why some parents may choose not to let their children attend a funeral or to shield them from the bereavement experience altogether.  The main character describes her experience as "... unlocking oceans of madness that wash away the earth from beneath the mighty."

On the other hand, an adult can harbor issues simply because of not being able to go through a helpful bereavement process as a child.  

This certainly was the case with my father.  His mother died at an early age.  She went to hospital in the mid-1920s.  He never saw her again nor did he ever see her grave.  He was six-years old.  It took over 70 years for him to find out how she died and where she was buried.  That revelation came about only through a sincere but out of the blue and rather rhetorical question by my aunt (his sister).  "What did those people ever do with my mother?

What's been your experience with bereavement as a child?