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16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 An Inspiring Read May 30, 2007
By P. Turco
Guitelle Sandman vividly shares how she has lived through a parent's greatest fear... tragic deaths of her 3 sons at different times, ages and circumstances. She calmly speaks to you as if she were sitting with you and draws you through their lives and tragedies. As I read, I felt as if she were in the room with me and if I were to leave, she would sit there until I returned to continue. I couldn't stop until I read through the last page. Miraculously, she, her husband and daughter survived together as a loving and giving family. I admire her tenderness and honesty and wonder if I would have her internal resources to face the same.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Sensitively written Mar 07, 2010
By T. T. Goodell
How does a parent go on living after the death of a child? Having a sibling who lost a son, I was interested in Mrs. Sandman's take on this question. The loss of even one child is hard to fathom for most, let alone three. The author, mother of the celebrated rock musician Mark Sandman who died in 1999, describes the role of family, faith, and her various trials (like what to say when asked how many children she has) gracefully, avoiding the drama that other writers might invoke in describing such losses. She provides no explanation, of course. Because there is no explanation. But the book does offer insight into how one person and one family can trudge on through repeated tragedies. A worthwhile read.
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Thank you Sep 28, 2008
By G. Paster
I thank Mrs. Sandman for sharing her story with us. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been for her to write the book. I thank her for letting us meet her children, and appreciate their lives.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Circumstances Extraordinary, But Rest is Ordinary Mar 02, 2011
By Mariane Matera
It is extraordinary to lose three of your four children at different times in different ways when they are adults, and that's the story. It also increases interest that the last son to die was a semi-famous musician who had a massive heart attack on stage. But here's the problem. Leading up to the deaths of each of her sons, the author recounts their entire lives, and for the most part, the lives are not that unusual. Only her youngest son Roger, the first to die, is an unusual case because he had so many illnesses and problems growing up. And although her eldest son, and the last to die, was the semi-famous one, she had not been very involved in his life during his fame years so doesn't have much knowledge about his lifestyle. And she didn't even do any Internet research to fill in the blanks.
Still, because I am morbid, I read all three fatal stories intently. Then we got to her last child, a daughter who is fine, and she recounts that life. Well, I'm not sure I care at that point, but I can see how leaving out her fourth child would seem an insult to that child.
Definitely a tragic story, though.
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