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‘Summer’s death won’t be in vain’

For Queensland mum Andrea Shoesmith, life has been “hell on earth” since the death of her beloved four-year-old daughter Summer in 2013.

The little girl died after swallowing a button battery and since then her grieving mother has thrown herself into campaigning to ensure no other Aussie child suffers the same tragic fate. “I didn’t want this to happen to another family,” Andrea tells Woman’s Day from her home in Noosa.

“Summer died and we

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