When author Karen Atkinson lost her forty-four-year-old ex-husband, Tom, to a sudden and devastating suicide, she was consumed with an all-encompassing grief. In Grieving Suicide, Atkinson shares her journey of grief and growth. She narrates her experiences, thoughts, and feelings from the time she learned of Tom's death. Atkinson tells how she parented her two grieving children and how she and her family embarked on the road to recovery. Offering personal insight into suicide from a surviving family member's perspective, Grieving Suicide chronicles Atkinson's journey about loss, love, and finding meaning again for herself and her children. Her story serves to help others move forward and connect as a community of survivors.
When author Karen Atkinson lost her forty-four-year-old ex-husband, Tom, to a sudden and devastating suicide, she was consumed with an all-encompassing grief. In Grieving Suicide, Atkinson shares her journey of grief and growth. She narrates her experiences, thoughts, and feelings from the time she learned of Tom's death. Atkinson tells how she parented her two grieving children and how she and her family embarked on the road to recovery. Offering personal insight into suicide from a surviving family member's perspective, Grieving Suicide chronicles Atkinson's journey about loss, love, and finding meaning again for herself and her children. Her story serves to help others move forward and connect as a community of survivors.
