Cover art for Silence Between Us
Published
Hardie Grant, September 2021
ISBN
9781743796702
Format
Softcover

Silence Between Us A mother and daughter s conversation

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The Silence Between Us is a raw and original double memoir tracing a mother and daughter as they try to understand and rebuild their relationship after the daughter's suicide attempt. Because Oceane had just turned eighteen when she tried to end her life, the hospital had to respect her request: to not notify her parents.

Years later, when Oceane asked her mother, Ccile, to write something together about this period of their lives, she never expected that Ccile would already have so many pages hidden away, filled with words that she began to write when she eventually learned of Oceanes suicide attempt. In The Silence Between Us, Oceane pieces together her story through old diary entries, emails, hospital records and psychiatric reports, interspersed with Cciles own intense account of caring for her fiercely independent daughter. Slowly we learn about the intergenerational trauma that forced the chasm between Oceane and Ccile, as well as the campus sexual assault that pushed Oceane over the edge. As Oceane lets Ccile back into her life and they attempt to negotiate both the mental health and legal systems, we also see the fractures start to mend. At once delicate and unflinching, The Silence Between Us dares to say all the things wed rather avoid when it comes to mental health, women's voices and family relationships. Includes foreword by psychiatrist Pat McGorry AO, professor of youth mental health and former Australian of the Year.

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