Loss Adjustment - by Linda Collins (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The unimaginable horror of losing a beloved only child to suicide concentrated Linda Collins' mind, producing this extraordinary book. The pain of her loss suffuses every page, but she writes of her grief with such clarity and honesty that it's hard to stop reading. New Zealand expatriate Collins explores the strands of her family's life in an effort to staunch the guilt and find a way to go on living. Why, she asks the universe, as loving, attentive parents, did they not see the demons that were destroying their daughter Victoria? Only upon reading Victoria's private diaries after her death do they find evidence of her unravelling and begin piecing together the dual worlds their daughter occupied, her obsessive compulsive traits and suicidal ideation, and her search for help seemingly from everyone except them. To her proud parents, Victoria McLeod was a willowy 17-year-old beauty with everything to live for. They were aware of her ADHD symptoms, that she found school difficult, and of her nascent questioning of her sexuality. But they believed all her issues would resolve in time, due to her many personal strengths and the exquisite literary talents demonstrated in her journals, which since her death have found international praise. This book is an invaluable resource for every parent and troubled teenager and for any government that thinks an education system directed only at creating jobs is the way to go.--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A journalist writes unflinchingly about the tragic and unexpected suicide of her 17-year-old daughter. Victoria McLeod seemed a friendly, talented, normal teenager but unbeknown to her parents she was plagued with deep fears and anxieties that would lead her to take her own life, as revealed in the journal her parents foudn after her death.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Most of us have experienced the tragedy of a loss, but few can write about it, or want to. Linda Collins takes this courageous step by recounting her daughter's suicide. ... I wish this book didn't have to be written but has, and it will save lives." --Haresh Sharma, playwright<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Linda Collins is a New Zealand journalist and poet who has worked on newspapers in Sydney, London and Singapore. She currently lives in New Zealand and edits political stories for The Straits Times. She has also written monthly columns for Singapore's Sunday Times. Collins has an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington. Her nonfiction and poetry have appeared in the institute's literary journal Turbine, and in The Freerange Journal, Swamp Living, The Fib Review, Cordite Poetry Review and The Blue Nib.
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