Am I Still a Mother?
Am I Still a Mother? An ordinary woman: an extraordinary lifeIn 1979 Helen returns from Algeria to a much-changed UK, where she must juggle sole parenthood with the demands of a successful career.…
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Am I Still a Mother?
An ordinary woman: an extraordinary lifeIn 1979 Helen returns from Algeria to a much-changed UK, where she must juggle sole parenthood with the demands of a successful career. Unable to save her sons, can she now save herself? Her life unravels when her older son develops acute leukaemia and his devastated brother spirals into depression and addiction.For a decade Helen battles to keep her family, and herself, together.
Writing with searing insight and exceptional beauty, Helen Bouchami reveals how grief gave way to the transformative, healing power of love, and ultimately, to a new sense of meaning in life."Joelle Fraser, author of The Territory of Men and The Forest "Takes us on a devastating yet inspiring journey through the loss of her sons just a few years apart.