There are words like ‘orphan’, ‘widow’ and ‘widower’ in all languages. But there is no word in any language to describe a parent who loses a child. How does one describe the pain of ‘ultimate bereavement’! (Page 50)

Neena Verma
About This Quote

In this quote from the book, The Good Husband by Barbara Taylor Bradford, it describes what happens when a parent loses a child. In the book, the main character Lillian loses her husband to a heart attack and she carries out her grieving process in a way that is very odd for a person in that situation. She uses the word orphan to describe her situation and then uses the words widow and widower in order to describe her husband's death. It is very interesting because it shows how people can find different ways of grieving and coping with losses.

Source: A Mothers Cry... A Mothers Celebration

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