{"product_id":"9781922964144","title":"Shattered Motherhood : Surviving the Guilt of a Child's Suicide","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor a mother, the death of a child under any circumstances is unbearable. When the child is severed from the mother's life by his or her own hand, the cleaving is particularly brutal. It is a bereavement with no equivalence in human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are a mother today, you are mothering in patriarchy. What that means, and how it might impact a mother grieving the loss of her child to suicide, is a subject Donna Johnson explores in this profound book. Johnson, in her counselling role in a police service, worked closely with mothers who lost a child to suicide, supporting them through those first\n\u003cbr\u003etraumatic days, weeks and months as the impact of suicide reverberated throughout their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat struck her was the absence of specific supports for mothers and the prevalence of a type of paralysis in the mothers. The burden of overwhelming guilt, shame and a huge sense of failure - emotions not shared by the fathers of the children - impeded the possibility of\n\u003cbr\u003emothers recovering from their child's suicide. In Shattered Motherhood, Donna Johnson argues for specific supports for mothers in these circumstances; supports that meet their unique needs, recognise the depth of their suffering and provide them with proper care. Through a feminist lens, she considers the institutions of marriage, motherhood and the family as well as the suffering of mothers who have lost a child to suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohnson articulates her belief in the power of women coming together to name their own experiences, feel their own pain and search for their own solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spinifex Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48992998064363,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":36.53,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781922964144-1.jpg?v=1783387281","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781922964144","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}