Only Spring: On Mourning the Death of My Son

by Gordon Livingston and Gordon Livingston MD

Book Overview

The loss of a child is every parent's most unspeakable fear. Gordon Livingston survived that tragedy not once but twice in a 13-month period, losing one son to suicide and another to leukemia. Only... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062510606
• ISBN13: 9780062510600
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Compelling

Gordon Livingston writes with clarity and honesty about the illness and death of his beloved youngest son, and the aftermath he and his family endured. The book faithfully captures the roller coaster of emotions that accompany the trajectory of illness, as well as the benumbed unreality of such a shocking loss when death occurs. A beautifully brave account of moving into and through a fog of despair, doubt, and guilt, eventually giving way to a ray of hope and light.

gut-wrenching

Sad book, but helped me see what it is that is important in life.