Turning Toward the Sun: Maternal Stories of Hope and Healing From Suicide Grief

There is much to be learned about the grief process and moreover, the phenomenon of how grief may transcend to post traumatic growth, particularly after a suicide. Turning Toward the Sun is a metaphor used to imply the posttraumatic growth journey of a mother following the death of her child by suicide. Suicide grief associated with a child will rival a death experience like no other; and yet, these experiences can transform a mother in mourning to prevail in such unexpected and influential ways that they themselves would never have thought possible. 

Given the overwhelming prevalence of suicide it is important to explore the maternal narratives of those who survived their child’s suicide. Hence, this book will illuminate the psychosocial toll of suicide grief. Moreover, this book gives voice to those mothers whose stories need to be heard to deepen our collective understanding about suicide grief and the factors that attribute to post traumatic growth. While this book was written primarily for mothers who have lost children to suicide it is our hope that these collective stories will encourage those who support a bereft mother to be a ray of light that beckons the grief stricken to bravely confront her unimaginable loss so that she may reclaim her sense of being and resolve with fortitude and grace.