Gift of the Japanese red maple

Judith Boivin's memoir elucidates her journey through grief, loss and guilt after her youngest son's suicide. Boivin uses writing as the self-prescribed treatment for processing her son's death as well as deep wounds haunting her from an earlier divorce. Boivin probes and sifts through memories and experiences that ultimately lead to birthing a vibrant, self-directed woman secure in her uniqueness and energized by life itself.