Out of Grief, Singing

By Charlene Diehl

Out of Grief, Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss is an achingly beautiful account of how a woman comes to terms with the loss of her newborn. After a bewildering series of rapid diagnoses and emergency interventions, Charlene's daughter Chloe is born. But her too-brief life is spent in the neonatal intensive care unit, and her mother, leveled by an epidural anaesthetic procedure gone wrong, can barely make it to her daughter's side. In the months following Chloe's death, more medical crises make it nearly impossible to even begin the grieving process, let alone return to any semblance of a normal life. But return she does, along a path that is both arduous and rich. With a poet's ear for language, Charlene Diehl shares her discovery of joy amidst a devastating loss, putting into words what so many parents find themselves unable to express.

According to the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness and Research Institute, 1 in every 3 pregnancies ends in loss. This book is for all the parents who experience that loss, and for all those who love them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189710944X
• ISBN13: 9781897109441
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Signature Editions
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.9"