Yesterday at Justin's - Couverture souple

Harding, Marilyn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0986927732 ISBN 13 : 9780986927737

Editeur : Silver Arrow Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

A child discovers that his best friend’s father has left home. He is at a loss how to comfort Justin’s sorrow, feeling of responsibility for the breakup and his uncertainty for the future. All he can do is just ‘be there’.

When he asks his mom why parents act this way, she shares that “just because you’re grown up, your growing isn’t done.” Life is uncertain and challenging as people find their way and sometimes the most loving and constructive response by a friend is to just ‘be there’.

Children often ride the undercurrents of the turbulence in their parents’ world. When communication is not adequate to the emotional upheaval, a child can interpret life in a very personal way increasing their sense of guilt or abandonment. Traumatic events flow over into the world of friends and schoolmates sometimes raising unfounded anxiety.

Yesterday at Justin’s offers a child’s perspective and can open discussion between parent and child to draw out unspoken fears and lead to deeper understanding and acceptance of life’s challenges.

From the back cover:

“Any book that takes on the job of explaining the whys and impact of divorce for children is worth a fortune if it meets this tall order. This is a beautiful book both for its writing style and comforting illustrations and will certainly meet the need of any caring parent struggling through divorce. Suited to parents that want to make the best of a bad situation, the book provides an excellent tool for creating a dialogue about family breakups for children eight to twelve years of age.

The book’s other strength is that it provides a reference point for the friends of divorced families who also are left searching for the right answers to explain why people suffer when love fails. As a librarian for a public library I consider this a must have parenting resource.” Murray McCabe, Chief Librarian, Ontario Canada

“A gentle, thoughtful reflection on the effects of divorce on children, ‘Yesterday at Justin’s’ brings warmth, love and reassurance to this most emotive topic. Written with care and maturity, and featuring sympathetic illustrations, this book is highly recommended to all children affected by a marital split, as well as their friends.” Bryony Sutherland – author, editor and mother of three

“Yesterday at Justin’s” explores the challenges of divorce through the heart and eyes of a child. A young boy struggles to understand why his friend is in pain and his mother seeks to comfort and teach him about love. The beautiful illustrations lend a gentle poignancy to the text and the words do not shy away from the very real difficulties, for all involved, when a marriage fails. A beautiful piece of heart-art work. Andrea Mathieson – Creator of Raven Essences and Mid-Life Mid-Wife

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

MARILYN HARDING is a marketing executive, startup investor, entrepreneur, and writer in the fields of art, holistic lifestyle, relationships, innovation and travel. She has used her bountiful life and career as a spiritual laboratory to distil the complexity of life into the simplicity of inspired living and everyday happiness.

Author of Exhilarated Life: Happiness Ever After about getting clear and living the life you are meant to live. Yesterday at Justin's is the first in a series of children's books on 'awkward topics' offering talking points for parents to engage in meaningful conversations with their children.

Marilyn and her mate, Athan, live on Aegina Island, Greece, basking in love and sunshine, tasting and testing EVOOs and sipping on wine.
Marilyn in a contributing blogger on Huffington Post in English and Greek.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Silver Arrow Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0986927732
• ISBN 13: 9780986927737
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Stefanel Alexandra B.
• Nombre de pages: 24
• Éditeur: Sutherland Bryony
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg