Description
Boy: The Story of My Teenage Son’s Suicide is a memoir by Kate Shand about the loss of her 14-year-old son, John Peter, to suicide in 2011. Shand recounts the devastating impact of his death on her family and the struggle to understand an incomprehensible loss while living through the shock, anger and grief that followed.
Written as an account of her own experience, the book traces Shand’s journey through grief towards healing, transformation and love. At its heart is both the story of a young boy and the enduring impact of his death on the mother and family he left behind.
