Friday's Child is nearly ready
Wed 23rd Jan 2008 by Ben Palmer.Thanks to Virgin Books and my hard-working editor, Friday's Child is almost finished. It'll be ready to print in a few weeks, in time for the June launch. It's got an updated cover as well, and for the first time I've seen the full book jacket - now I can imagine it on the bookshelves. I hope the reviewers are kind, though - it's my life, my inner thoughts and feelings. I also hope that it changes people's understanding of this cruel, painful killer.
From the jacket:
'In the summer of 2004, Ben Palmer was overjoyed when his wife Jessica gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Emily was their first daughter and a little sister for their three-year-old son Harry. They had everything they had ever wanted.
Six days later, Jessica died of childbed fever, an archaic illness that causes blood poisoning, a condition that can be easily detected and prevented.
This is Ben’s raw, moving account of dealing with his grief while raising two small children as a single parent, and of how he successfully sued the NHS for negligence. As he struggles to comprehend his loss and to care for their two young children, he is overwhelmed by shock, anger, despair and guilt, before finally finding hope in the future, thanks to the love and support of his friends and family.
A story of living with a cruel and needless loss, this is also a story of two people who loved each other for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; till death tragically parted them.'
Friday's Child is now available to pre-order from Amazon
February 28th, 2008 at 17:11
[...] didn't take long and we soon started to talk about was I was doing. I showed her the first proof of Friday's Child, explained Jessica's trust and gave her a [...]
March 4th, 2008 at 15:43
my mother will be buying your book in for the public library where she works
March 4th, 2008 at 17:49
That's really great news to hear, I hope that it will enable many people to read it. Thank you for letting me know.