Trauma, Grief, and Remembrance in the Aftermath of Terrorism

Yordanka Dimcheva is Teaching Fellow at the University of Birmingham and Research Assistant at the University of Kent.

• IntroductionPart I: When Loss and Trauma CollideChapter 1. The Long Shadow of Traumatic BereavementChapter 2. The ‘Second’ AttackPart II: The Meaning of Your AbsenceChapter 3. Looking for Meaning Among the Ruins of LossChapter 4. Transforming Loss Into an Affective PresenceConclusion: Attempts at Closure

‘A powerful illustration of how traumatically bereaved parents make meaning through grieving, thereby challenging prevailing clinical models that insist upon “closure.”’ Michael Cholbi, The University of Edinburgh