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Scenes with My Son: Love and Grief in the Wake of Suicide
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▼▲Title: Scenes with My Son: Love and Grief in the Wake of Suicide By: Robert Hubbard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Publication Date: 2023 | Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 (inches) Weight: 9 ounces ISBN: 0802883443 ISBN-13: 9780802883445 Stock No: WW883445 |
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▼▲A fathers stirring and tender tribute to the son he lost to suicide
After years of battling clinical depression exacerbated by autism, Auggie Hubbard died by suicide at the age of 19. In this poignant tribute to his son, Robert Hubbarda theatre scholar and actorstages Auggies life in a series of vivid and tender scenes: Auggies insatiable hunger for Accelerated Reader points. His tireless lightsaber practice in the local park. His sonorous tuba practice in the ward of his inpatient program. Through these anecdotes of Auggies life and the days following his death, readers journey with a family shaken by mental illness and share in their hard-won joys in defiance of depression.
Refusing easy answers and clichés about "Gods plan," Hubbard unflinchingly asks: Does faith matter amid such tragedy? What do you do when awareness isnt enough? When youve tried so hard to keep your child safe, but your efforts fail? His honesty and vulnerabilityand his tender portrait of Auggieare gifts to all who live with their own questions in the wake of a loved ones death.
Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Award in Grief/Grieving Finalist (2023)
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▼▲Editorial Reviews
▼▲"Robert Hubbard, a theater professor and father of three, writes with deep vulnerability about his son Auggies gentle beauty and passion for lifeas well as the clinical depression that afflicted Auggie for most of his teenage years. The portrait that emerges is of a family learning how to love one another through difficult timesand then through the unthinkable and its aftermath."
"I cried as I read Scenes with My Son, reliving our own beloved sons journey with serious mental illness and his death by suicide. Its almost impossible to find words that explain this complicated journey for any unfamiliar with mental illness, but Robert Hubbard has done it. He captures Auggie in all his maddening, lovable quirkiness, his musical and theatrical passions, as well as his valiant efforts to evade the dark specter of major depression that led to his death. I liked Auggie from the first paragraphs; my affection for him grew stronger as each scene unfolded, leaving me to weep at his death. One day soon, Ill introduce my beautiful boy to Roberts beautiful boy. What a day that will be. . ."
Kay Warren, cofounder Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, California
"Every family touched by clinical depression should read and discuss this marvelous book. It captures with style and grace the joys and heartaches of loving one another in the midst of faith, doubt, and fear. Its a balm for our souls. I couldnt put it down."
Quentin Schultze, author of Communicating with Grace and Virtue
"Suicide is set apart as perhaps the most grievous form of loss there is. . . . It is almost impossible to reflect on such a loss with any degree of dignity, restraint, honesty, and insight. But Robert Hubbard has somehow done just that. Painful, yes. How could it not be? But also riveting, full of grace and goodness, and authentic without being maudlin. If for no other reason, read this memoir for the sake of learning about what it means to be human in a fallen world that is bleeding and groaning. God bless Robert Hubbard for taking the risk to write it."
Gerald L. Sittser, author of A Grace Disguised
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