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REVIEWS for The Other Light of Darkness
This book offers rare and deeply personal insights into the overwhelming grief, unmooring and emotional turmoil that follow the sudden suicide of a beloved husband. Drawing from lived experience, it confronts the difficult questions surrounding suicide, of which every caring partner, parent and friend needs to be conscious.
Dr Ken Strahan (Australian author of Wildfire Mountain)
Petronella Catharina has beautifully interwoven three storylines: a love story, a life story, and a bitter farewell, accompanied by pain and guilt, asking herself questions of why her dear partner did what he did.
Marjet Maks, Dutch novelist and reviewer
A powerful and intimate story about grief, anger, and the emotional aftermath of a husband’s suicide. The author writes with striking emotional clarity as she pieces together her husband’s childhood, trying to understand the forces that shaped him and the silence he carried. The narrative gives an insight into how emigration and leaving one’s home threaded through the narrative is the quiet ache of emigration – the way leaving one’s home can unsettle identity and belonging -adding another dimension to both his inner world and her search for meaning in the wake of loss. A moving, insightful and unforgettable read.
Inge Priem, Social worker and art therapist
First and foremost, it’s clear this has been written with courage and honesty. There is a palpable sense of love, shock, confusion, and unanswered questions that often accompany suicide loss, and many readers with lived experience will recognise themselves in that emotional landscape. In this regard, the story has real power and authenticity.
It is a meaningful and important story. With careful attention to reader safety, pacing, and ethical nuance, it has the potential to contribute to conversations about grief and suicide in an honest way without being harmful, and compassionate without being sanitised.
Amanda Lambros, Therapist specialising in Relationships | Grief & Loss | Mental Health
https://amandalambros.com/