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- Book Synopsis
- "Five years ago, my 16-year old daughter, Aeryn, took her own life. Even now, those words still don't feel real. I have found it virtually impossible to separate thoughts and memories of my daughter from the cold, hard, terrifying fact of her death, from the depression that robbed us of her. I want my daughter to be so much more than just a statistic, another suicide in an age of increasing mental health troubles in our society. But the truth is, for those that didn't know her, she will be defined by her death. And I need to make that count. I need to tell her story." Aeryn's diaries provide a frank, brutally honest account of teenage depression, while her haunting yet beautiful poetry paints a graphic picture of her feelings. Interspersed with Facebook posts, email correspondence and her mother's diaries, they document the last few months of her life and the aftermath of her death. In sharing Aeryn's story, Ellen hopes to help other families going through similar experiences, and to increase understanding of the depth of pain that depression can cause, a pain so deep and all consuming that there appears to be only one way to escape it.
- About The Author
- Aeryn Bond was a talented writer and aspiring actor who battled depression before taking her own life, aged 16. Her mother, Ellen Bond, is a mostly stay-at-home mum who wants to use her own writing, and Aeryn's, to help other people understand mental health and grief. She recently trained as a PCPS worker in order to use her own experiences to support other parents caring for children with mental ill health.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781803136950
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Matador, (28 May 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 356
- Weight
- 392 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 28 mm
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