A Memoir
Dear Louise
A memoir of maternal love, devastating loss, and the life that follows.
Penelope Sutherland writes to the daughter she could not keep, in an intimate and unflinching account of grief, motherhood, and what remains after tragedy.
For Readers Who…
For readers who understand that grief does not pass cleanly, but becomes part of how a life is lived.
For those who seek memoir written with honesty, intelligence, and no reliance on cliché.
For anyone who has questioned whether love can hold a family together after devastating loss.
For readers who want depth, specificity, and the kind of truth that stays with you.
About the Book
Dear Louise is a mother’s account of loving and losing the daughter she never got to keep. Written as a direct address to Louise, it traces the years of longing that preceded her birth, the devastating discovery that she could not survive, and the grief that followed.
But this is more than a story of bereavement. With fierce honesty and literary grace, Penny writes about motherhood, marriage, guilt, identity, and the long work of living on after the worst has happened. The result is an intimate, unsentimental memoir of maternal love and the life-changing force of loss.
I could not give you life, Louise - this book is my gift to you.
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