She gives generously of herself, refusing to hide behind vagueness or sentiment. Her tragedy, agony, sorrow, fears and anger resonate and awaken our own truths deep within us. Ms. Harrison's writings while profoundly personal also speak to the universal struggle within us all, the attempt to make sense of that which defies all logic. It is a portrait of a son. And it is a lamentation, a wailing, a striking of the hand against the breast in grief.
Suicide gives no time to exchange good-byes and causes the bereaved to wail.
Opening with sounds of pain and loneliness, Mary Harrison implants tragedy as the situation of her entire narration. Through her use of prose, poems, diary, and letters, Harrison shows us confusion, inertia, sorrow, denial, anger, and guilt. Harrison demonstrates that writing can absorb some of our labor of grief and lamentation can become song. Scott, I didn't get to say goodbye, written by Mary Harrison available immediately nationwide and online. This stunning collection of poems, letters, and diary entries honors the life and memory of Mary Harrison's son Scott and impact his death had on her and her family.