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Biography & Autobiography Personal Memoirs

Choosing Hope

"A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Survival "

by (author) Ginny Dennehy

with Shelley Fralic

Publisher
Greystone Books Ltd
Initial publish date
Apr 2013
Category
Personal Memoirs, Women, Death, Grief, Bereavement
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781771000352
    Publish Date
    Apr 2013
    List Price
    $17.95

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Description

A chronicle of family love, unspeakable loss, and the power of healing.

Ginny Dennehy was living the dream: a great marriage, two wonderful teenagers, a fulfilling career. But in 2001, the world turned upside down when her son, Kelty, in the grip of depression, committed suicide at the age of seventeen. Just eight years later, her daughter, Riley, died of a heart attack in Thailand.

How does a mother go on after her child dies, and how is it humanly possible to survive the death of two? Candid and deeply moving, Ginny's story conveys the message that even in the wake of unspeakable tragedy, there is hope.

About the authors

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Ginny Dennehy is devoted to maintaining her children's legacy through the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation, which works to prevent depression-related suicide in young people, and the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre. She lives with her husband, Kerry, in Whistler, B.C.

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Ginny Dennehy's profile page

Shelley Fralic joined the Vancouver Sun as a reporter in 1979 and worked in a number of editorial positions at the newspaper over the years, including special projects editor and executive editor, eventually moving on to become a full-time columnist from 2003 to 2016. She is the author of em style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: normal; color: #222222; widows: 1; letter-spacing: normal; l

Shelley Fralic's profile page