A double spring
Subtitle: a year of tragedy, grief and love
By: Juliet Darling
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781743315057; 9781743432266
Subjects: Death and burial; Family; Murder victims' families; Biography; Fathers and sons; Parricide; Case studies; Mentally ill offenders; Familles de victimes d'homicide; Biographies; Pères et fils; Études de cas; Criminels vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; General; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Criminology; Families
Description: Raw and beautifully told, this is the story of Juliet Darling's year of devastating grief after her partner was murdered by his schizophrenic son. It is also a story of the power of love.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Part One; I heard the news; Hiding; A presentiment; Our last dance; Nick's pocket diaries; The morgue; The funeral; The wake; Still in hiding; Part Two; The seeds of time; Nick's love; Losing one's senses; The arraignment; Part Three; Let me weep forever; The trial; Grief; Visiting Nick's mother; Nick's ashes; Part Four; A double spring; Strange familiar; One day one of us will be lost to the other; Dreaming of reality; Part Five; The continuing gift; Nick's passion; A Curator's Last Will and Testament.