Shattered Motherhood: Surviving the Guilt of a Child's Suicide

If you are a mother today, you are mothering in patriarchy. What that means, and how it impacts a mother grieving the loss of her child to suicide, is a subject Donna Johnson explores in this profound book.

Donna worked closely with mothers who lost a child to suicide and what struck her was the absence of specific support groups for them and the overwhelming sense of guilt, shame and failure they experienced – emotions not shared by the fathers of the children.

In Shattered Motherhood, D...