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Am I Still a Mother?: Surviving Life's Cruellest Tragedy – Twice
Am I Still a Mother?: Surviving Life's Cruellest Tragedy – Twice
Am I Still a Mother?: Surviving Life's Cruellest Tragedy – Twice
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Am I Still a Mother?: Surviving Life's Cruellest Tragedy – Twice

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An ordinary woman: an extraordinary life
In 1979 Helen returns from Algeria to a much-changed UK, where she must juggle sole parenthood with the demands of a successful career. Her life unravels when her older son develops acute leukaemia and his devastated brother spirals into depression and addiction.
For a decade Helen battles to keep her family, and herself, together. Unable to save her sons, can she now save herself?
“Takes us on a devastating yet inspiring journey through the loss of her sons just a few years apart. Writing with searing insight and exceptional beauty, Helen Bouchami reveals how grief gave way to the transformative, healing power of love, and ultimately, to a new sense of meaning in life.”  Joelle Fraser, author of The Territory of Men and The Forest House
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Release dateOct 28, 2020
ISBN9781800468016
Am I Still a Mother?: Surviving Life's Cruellest Tragedy – Twice
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Helen Bouchami

Helen Bouchami lives in Reading. After years of creating documents for some of the world’s leading organisations, Helen turned to creative writing. Focussed at first on fiction, events in her own life persuaded her that she had her own dramatic story to tell.

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