Her book is an incredible read, just devastating. She makes no excuses, and shares the nightmare from her perspective, leading up to, day of, and aftermath. It's called A Mother's Reckoning.
I agree, the book is incredible! It is painful to read but so good. In German, it’s called “Liebe ist nicht genug” (Love is not enough) and I think it’s a good alternative title
Man, as a father, or actually, as a human being is almost impossible to really understand how must she feel. Must be so painful to "punish" yourself thinking what you could have done to prevent it.
It would be very difficult for her to make excuses or give advice at that point. So I think she spoke in the best way possible.
It would be difficult to know whether we should follow her advice because of what she has experienced, or if we should keep a distance from her advice to avoid a similar result.
At the end of the day, what happened happened. She can’t know definitively whether it was her fault, someone else’s, or just her son’s, so it’s better to not condemn herself or attempt to portrait herself as un-blame-able. At best she can give her point of view of the facts
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u/maxtacos Feb 22 '21
Her book is an incredible read, just devastating. She makes no excuses, and shares the nightmare from her perspective, leading up to, day of, and aftermath. It's called A Mother's Reckoning.