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A Brand New Star: A story of loss, love and reflection.
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 23 2023
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.08 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A Brand New Star
Written and Illustrated by G.Hanson. I know, when someone goes away, who you love with your whole heart.It feels like nothing will be the same and you don't know where to start. Following the sad loss of a loved one, a little fairy is searching for comfort... but where will she ever find it?
-About the book, from the author
I originally wrote this story as a poem, for my youngest daughter after our family had suffered the loss of my mother, my father figure and one of my closest friends in a very short space of time. All of which were extremely close to my children as their Grandparents and 'Uncle'.
It's always difficult to put in to words the feelings associated with grief, especially to a very young child trying to understand something so huge, and then during that period of grief and understanding, it happening again, and then again.
I wrote this book just for her and it's something that gave her some feeling of hope in those first weeks and beyond. The thought that they are still with us in some way, as a sign, a gust of wind, a star in the sky...
It also brought me a huge amount of comfort to write. We still spend a lot of time counting stars. ✨
The simple illustrations are based on the journey and emotion of loss, being kind to yourself, along with the idea that it's ok to let go, because their love will still stay.
I decided to publish the book so that we would have something in their memory, out there in the world, and in turn this was extremely therapeutic to me; to do something in their names, after all they did for me
I truly hope it brings comfort to others.Available in Paperback. Copyright 2022 G.HansonAlso from
Hanson, G.
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