Shadowchild: A Meditation on Love and Loss

As a bereaved grandmother who is also a writer, I am impressed with P.F. Thomese's ability to express his grief through the written word. The author's use of language appears lyrical even in the English translation. I wept at the stark truth of his statement "She is nowhere else but in language". Part of his new normal following the death of his child is a journey of discovery for language to adequately describe his heartbreak. He manages to convey the isolation bereaved parents feel without ever using that particular word. This is a book I will turn to again and again.