Sam and Me & the Hard Pear Tree is both a personal account of a mother’s ultimate loss and a universal message of growth and hope. It is centred on the loss of Jami’s young son, Sam, and the journey that she finds herself on, one from grief to grace (O magazine, March 2014) that requires her to draw on all of her strength to move forward, confronting truths about herself and her life along the way.
Written as a journal over the year that followed Sam’s death,
Jami’s blog gathered over 24 000 hits. Jami now shares her journey, through this book, with searing honesty and a wry sense of humour and, as she finds her way, it becomes less about grief and more about self-discovery, about synchronicity and about following the signs that are everywhere. This story is at times harrowing and heartbreaking but it is also inspiring and uplifting.
Written as a journal over the year that followed Sam’s death,
Jami’s blog gathered over 24 000 hits. Jami now shares her journey, through this book, with searing honesty and a wry sense of humour and, as she finds her way, it becomes less about grief and more about self-discovery, about synchronicity and about following the signs that are everywhere. This story is at times harrowing and heartbreaking but it is also inspiring and uplifting.
