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The Suffering of a Child

A family's journey through childhood terminal cancer

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Christian Focus Publications
  • 13 x 19.8 x 19.9 cm

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For parents or caregivers experiencing deep grief

Shares a mother's honest journey through child loss

Helps you find grace and purpose in your own pain

An honest and moving journal of a mother navigating her daughter's battle with cancer.

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A Mother’s Raw Journey Through Childhood Cancer and Faith

This is a raw, profound journal chronicling the author's experience during her 5-year-old daughter Emily's battle with terminal brain cancer. It’s written with unflinching honesty from within the storm of crisis, an intimate account exploring one of the cruellest experiences a parent can face—witnessing their child's suffering and death.

Through carefully arranged thematic reflections, So examines how Emily's illness affected every relationship in their orbit: mother and child, husband and wife, sisters, healthcare providers, and community. The journal captures both the crushing weight of grief and the unexpected moments of grace that emerged from their darkest days.

The book grapples with difficult existential questions about faith, meaning, and purpose when confronted with seemingly senseless suffering. It offers no easy answers but instead documents the author's authentic spiritual journey through doubt, anger, and eventual acceptance.

Both a heartbreaking memoir and a meditation on finding meaning in loss, it will speak to anyone who has experienced profound grief or walked alongside those in pain. This powerful testament to a mother's love and a child's courage illuminates how we might face life's deepest sorrows with honesty and hope.

  • Title

    The Suffering of a Child

  • Author

    Heather So

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Christian Focus Publications

  • Published

    November 2025

  • Weight

    137g

  • Dimensions

    13 x 19.8 x 19.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9781527112988

  • ISBN-10

    1527112985

  • Eden Code

    7078889