Part memoir, part handbook for the heartbroken, this powerful,
unsparing account of losing a premature baby will speak to all who have
been bereaved and are grieving, and offers inspiration on moving
forward, gently integrating the loss into life.
Inglis's story is a springboard that can help other bereaved
parents--and anyone who has experienced wrenching loss--reflect on
emotional survival in the first year; dealing with family, friends, and
bystanders post-loss; the unique survivors' guilt, feelings of failure,
and isolation of bereavement; and the fortitude of like-minded community
and small kindnesses. Inglis's unique voice--at once brash, irreverent,
and achingly beautiful--creates a nuanced picture of the landscape of
grief, encompassing the trauma, the waves of disbelief and emptiness,
the moments of unexpected affinity and lightness, and the compassion
that grows from our most intense chapters of the human experience.