Moira Feeney
bereavement counsellor
Gentle; no correct timetable
After
Overnight he is both parents. Hamid learns how grief works in families while trying to keep a job, a home and two children who grieve in completely different ways — one loudly, one not at all.
Planned · not started yet
Relationships, parenting & family Family duty Living with uncertainty Family home Reflective Warm
The premise
Overnight he is both parents. Hamid learns how grief works in families while trying to keep a job, a home and two children who grieve in completely different ways — one loudly, one not at all.
The protagonist
Hamid Sayegh-Ross — Widower raising two children after his wife’s sudden death
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Dr Kaito Ellison
child-grief specialist
Attentive; children grieve in bursts
Rev. Abiola Okeke
hospital chaplain
Spiritual but inclusive; ritual helps
How the story moves
The first two years after the death; anniversaries structure the books, and the family finds a new shape rather than closure.
What readers take away
- Grief models and their limits
- How children grieve at different ages
- Talking to children about death
- Practical tasks after a death
- Bereavement and work
- Anniversaries and triggers
- When grief needs professional help
- Remembering and moving forward
- Register a death and deal with paperwork
- Access bereavement benefits
- Talk to a child’s school
- Find bereavement groups
The books
- 1The call Planned
- 2First months Planned
- 3Anniversaries Planned
- 4Second year Planned
- 5New normal Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.