AFTER ALEXANDER. THE LEGACY OF A SON - Tecno-Libro

In 1981, during a family year away from New Zealand, four-month-old Alexander died in a London hospital.Jan Pryor blends her personal experience of losing a child with her professional understanding of family dynamics and children?s development. The clumsiness of consolation. the challenges of organising a funeral ? and what to do with Alexander?s ashes. the isolation, being far from friends and family. continuing family life with two other young children to care for. all are described directly but without self-pity. The experience of growing up in 1960s New Zealand - and the stand-off between traditional expectations of the role of a woman versus the pull towards a professional life - is interwoven throughout the memoir.After Alexander is a story of triumph over loss, and of optimism. It offers consolation and hope to parents who have lost a child, to those who fear losing a child, and to anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one.