Overview

What does it mean to grieve a child lost to an act of terrorism? This book offers a powerful and deeply human exploration of traumatic bereavement, grounded in parents’ first-hand accounts of losing a child to political violence. Drawing on research in France, the book explores how such loss disrupts meaning, time and self. Through a phenomenological lens, it challenges clinical views of grief and trauma, revealing how parents resist closure and seek enduring bonds with the deceased. This is a compelling interdisciplinary study of love, memory and making meaning in the wake of unthinkable tragedy.

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9781529250510

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‘A powerful illustration of how traumatically bereaved parents make meaning through grieving, thereby challenging prevailing clinical models that insist upon “closure.”’ Michael Cholbi, The University of Edinburgh

‘A powerful illustration of how traumatically bereaved parents make meaning through grieving, thereby challenging prevailing clinical models that insist upon “closure.”’ Michael Cholbi, The University of Edinburgh ‘A deeply moving phenomenological study that reveals the aftermath of terrorism through voices that humanise the grief of child loss beyond statistics and political rhetoric.’ Raquel Beleza da Silva, University of Coimbra

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Yordanka Dimcheva is Teaching Fellow at the University of Birmingham and Research Assistant at the University of Kent.

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