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When a child dies, what mother or father doesn't feel like it's somehow their fault? Unimaginable, unless it happens to you...

Powered through this one, tonight, because I couldn't not finish it, with less than 80% to go. Emotionally complex and raw, to say the least! Can't even begin to imagine how I'd react, if I were in their shoes.

A full review has been posted on readallthethings.wordpress.com.

A shot of sadness goes through me that the laughing couple, so full of happiness and excitement in each other, is gone . . . knocked flat by life. Or death, in our case.

I will start by saying that I am glad Amazon offered this book as a free selection. I would never have found it otherwise - it is so different from what I usually read, but I truly enjoyed it. From terribly sad to incredibly hopeful it's a story of pain and finding yourself again from the perspective of both parents who have lost a young child. I will not forget it anytime soon. A powerful story to me. I had tears by the end but I was happy.

I loved this book. A couple on the edge, both trying to cope with tragedy; but neither knowing how to reach one another. It is told in two voices with flashbacks. While parts will be painful, it is also cathartic and leaves one feeling cleansed.

...'whatever the reason, I need to find a way now not to forget – because who could ever do that? – but to forgive myself enough to carry on. To live, even if everything else has been taken away.'

People always say a child‘s death is the worst thing a parent can suffer, but that‘s not true. The worst thing is knowing your child died because of you.