Shattered Motherhood: Global online book launch

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Join us as Janet Fraser launches Donna F. Johnson's new book 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 might impact a mother grieving the loss of her child to suicide, is a subject explored in this profound book. Johnson, in her counselling role in a police service, worked closely with mothers who lost a child to suicide, supporting them through those first traumatic days, weeks and months as the impact of suicide reverberated throughout their lives.
What struck her was the absence of specific supports for mothers and the prevalence of a type of paralysis in the mothers. The burden of overwhelming guilt, shame and a huge sense of failure – emotions not shared by the fathers of the children – impeded the possibility of mothers recovering from their child’s suicide.
** Please note time zones **
14 MARCH 11AM SYD/MEL |10AM BRIS
13 MARCH 8PM OTTAWA/NEW YORK | 5PM VANCOUVER/LA
Date
Friday 14 March 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (UTC+11)Location
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