The SIDS Survival Guide: Information and Comfort for Grieving Family and Friends and Professionals Who Seek to Help Them - Softcover

Joani Nelson Horchler, who lost her only son to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, has dedicated her professional career to research, writing, public speaking and business management. She was an associate editor and writer for INDUSTRY WEEK Magazine, focusing on public policy and management issues, and has had many articles picked up by national wire services and reprinted in major newspapers such as THE WASHINGTON POST. She has also written for THE WASHINGTON TIMES. She has worked for US Senator Tom Daschle and former US Senator James Abourezk. She co-founded a nonprofit children's theatre group, the Cheverly Young Actors' Guild, and serves as its president. Joani now serves as executive director of SIDS Educational Services, a small nonprofit group dedicated to providing empathetic support to bereaved families. Joani and her husband, Gabe, have five daughters, Ilona, Gabrielle, Julianna, Genevieve, and Stephanie, and one son, Christian, who died of SIDS in 1991.

Horchler, the mother of a baby who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and Morris, a speaker on parenting issues, have compiled an outstanding collection. This book consists of poems, letters, diary entries, and essays written by parents, grandparents, professional counselors, siblings, friends, and babysitters-all of whom discuss their personal experiences in confronting SIDS. After an informational opening chapter, the remaining 17 chapters focus on confronting one's loss and that of loved ones and how to move forward. Whether the subject is dealing with funeral arrangements or "Children Grieving Children," the writing is moving, helpful, and hopeful. This exceptional book will be useful in every library; larger public libraries may want multiple copies.
Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, Md.
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