Am I still a mother? : surviving life's cruellest tragedy - twice

An ordinary woman: an extraordinary lifeIn 1979 Helen returns from Algeria to a much-changed UK, where she must juggle sole parenthood with thedemands of a successful career.

Her life unravels when her older son develops acute leukaemia and hisdevastated brother spirals into depression and addiction. For a decade Helen battles to keep her family, and herself, together.

Unable to save her sons, can she nowsave herself?"Takes us on a devastating yet inspiring journey through the loss of her sons just a few years apart.

Writing with searing insight and exceptional beauty, Helen Bouchami reveals how grief gave way to the transformative, healing power of love, and ultimately, to a new sense of meaning in life." Joelle Fraser, author of The Territory of Men and The Forest House