TY  - SOUND
AU  - Beech,Louise
AU  - Harcourt,Lesley
TI  - Daffodils: a memoir 
SN  - 9781038604057
U1  - 362.28 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Tullamarine, Victoria
PB  - Bolinda Audio
KW  - Beech, Louise.
KW  - Families
KW  - Life change events
KW  - Suicide
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Audiobooks
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Autobiographies
N1  - This book contains sensitive themes. If it raises any issues for you, you can contact Lifeline (13 11 14), Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636) or QLife (1800 184 527); Read by Lesley Harcourt
N2  - Louise has revealed the harrowing story in which she reflects on her life and the bridge incident that shook her family to the core. 2019. Dawn. The River Humber. A misty February walk. Surprise early daffodils. A picture taken. Then forgotten. Because five hours later my world shattered. My mother jumped off the Humber Bridge. Had those yellow flowers not delayed me, I might have been there. Could I have stopped her? In the aftermath of this violent act, I turned to my writing, to my beloved siblings, to our only uncle. I was forced to look at events that led to this suicide attempt. At relationships wrecked by alcoholism. At chronic depression. At our care records. At my childhood. At my mother. At buried trauma never fully explored before. At myself ... When I much later found the picture of those surprise daffodils, I knew it was time to write about that day. I began typing the story that inspired so many of my fictional characters, that shaped the testing things they endured. My own story
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