Sam & Me and the Hard Pear Tree
by Jami Yeats
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Pub Date Jan 01 2015 | Archive Date May 28 2023
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Description
Sometimes you need to be completely broken to find the most powerful part of yourself.
A gloriously warm summer afternoon in February 2013 suddenly turned into a nightmare from which there was no escape and no respite. In one horrifying moment – the moment every mother dreads – Jami Yeats knew her life would never be the same again. When the ambulance took young Sam away there was still the tiniest sign of life. But Jami knew from the first scream that her baby was gone.
That is where this story begins. But it also begins long before that, and is a story that will never end. Sam & Me and the Hard Pear Tree is both a personal account of a mother’s ultimate loss and a universal message of growth and hope. Sam’s tragic death forces Jami to confront other personal truths about herself, her life, and Sam’s older, special needs brother, Jack.
Jami shares her story with searing honesty and a wry sense of humour. It is a book about grief and grace, self-discovery and synchronicity, and fear and faith. Faith that Sam is still with us; faith that death is not the end; faith in the kindness of strangers; and faith in herself and the strength of her family. Jami ultimately learns that love truly can survive the separation between this world and the next.
Advance Praise
"""A moving memoir of healing and hope. What Yeats shows is how to transform the heartache of loss into a force for good. Her story resonated with me in unexpected ways and gave me a measure of comfort."" — Karina M Szczurek, Cape Times
""Jami Yeats speaks to what grieving parents already know—there's much more to losing a child than coping with the maddening grief. With compassion and candor, Sam & Me and the Hard Pear Tree exemplifies what it means to flourish after suffering the tragedy of tragedies. It's an excellent resource for grieving parents and especially for those who support them."" — Nancy Stephan, author of The Truth About Butterflies
""This reminds us of the power of memoir, which is sharing with courage the most intimate and personal stories of our lives as a road back to ourselves and to each other."" — Susan Weidener, author and founder of the Women's Writing Circle
""A moving story of harrowing loss, this provides a raw and real-time glimpse into one mother's journey with grief during the first year following the accidental drowning of her son."" — Lisa McKay, author of Love at the Speed of Email"
