What should you say to someone who's lost their adult child?

How do you best support a mother when her adult child dies? Jane Wessman's son Billy died when he was aged 44. She talks to Jenni and they are joined by Julia Samuel, a grief psychotherapist and Carolyn Brice, Chief Executive of the national charity, The Compassionate Friends.

15 August 2018

4 minutes

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Woman's Hour—Listener Week: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Death of an adult child, Legacy books, Quilting

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