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Reed's Beach

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A lesson in life and love that cannot be read without tears and smiles. The journey these parents have just begun to recover the son they have so tragically lost touched me so deeply that when I finished it I didn't want to talk to anyone because I didn't want to lose contact with their world. Mr. Lott has done his homework well. As a professional who sometimes must help parents through the initial moments of a child's death - I recognized the experience of Hugh and Laura. I applaud that he never once used the word "closure", because there never is any. But the strength to many healings will come from the memories of Michael that they and many others will gradually come to have the strength to share. There are no miracles to make it all better, but as they learned, there are a lot of small moments of pain that will get them through.

This is a book for parents, friends of parents, nurses, doctors...or just anyone who has ever loved a child.

I'm skimming through a lot of this book cos frankly, not much to hold my interest. I've already thought about putting it aside (on page 119 currently) or at the least, picking up another book to read between readings of this one. You'll excuse me if my head hits the table?

Hugh and his wife Laura lost their only child - young Michael. He got hit by a vehicle as he was getting off the school bus. This story is a day in the life of Hugh and Laura as they struggle to make sense of it all. This story moves back and forth in time between present and past and also between Laura and Hugh.

(I finished reading/skimming through the book, by the way.)