Myerson, her son and anyone who has suffered anything comparable observer a serious, writerly, selfcritical account of what it means to feel that, despite love and hope and good intentions, you have failed as a parent, and that the child you bore is lost to you. Lost child by julie myerson julie myerson has caused a storm with revelations about her drugusing son. While researching the story of a child from regency england who painted an exquisite album of watercolors, novelist julie myerson is haunted by lost potential. While researching the story of a child from regency. A mothers story, is a deeply moving, heartfelt, thoughtful, and superbly written nonfiction book. She was at the centre of a media controversy in march 2009 when details of her book the lost child.
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