Forever Our Angels

Hannah Stone
Devere Publishing (2006)
ISBN 9781411670730
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (12/06)


After suffering her second miscarriage Hannah Stone searched for a book that would help her through her grief.  Not finding a book that offered the assistance she needed she decided to write it herself.  She has successfully authored a book that will support other women facing the same loss and the same feelings.

“Forever Our Angels” tells the stories of parents, mothers and fathers who share their heartache with others so that perhaps their grief will give comfort and support to someone else.  I found myself in tears when reading this book.  I remember well the heartache of losing two children to miscarry.  No one spoke of it.  It was as though the children never existed.  I was supposed to pick up and go on ignoring the fact that a part of my husband and I no longer existed.  I wish there had been a book like this one to offer support. 

The poem by Pablo Neruda expresses the grief of losing a child:

“…forgive me
If you are not living
if you, my beloved, my love
if you
have died,
all the leaves will fall on my breast
it will rain upon my soul night and day
the snow will burn my heart,
I shall walk with cold and fire and death and snow
my feet will want to march toward where you sleep,
but
I shall go on living…”

Ms Stone and others courageously offer a glimpse into what they suffered.  They offer comfort by acknowledging that a child did exist.  “Forever Our Angels” is written simply and elegantly.  It is with honor that I recommend this book to those who have suffered a loss or those who know someone who has.

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