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One to One: Decca Aikenhead on the effect of being bereaved as a child 2/2

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13/02/2018

Decca Aikenhead on the effect of being bereaved as a child 2/2

BBC Radio 4 - One to One, Decca Aikenhead on the effect of being bereaved as a child 2/2

Decca Aikenhead talks to Sandra, who lost her father suddenly when she was a child.

Interview series. Decca Aikenhead talks to Sandra, who lost her father suddenly when she was young. Decca explores how a shock bereavement effects a child.

Decca Aikenhead explores how the loss of a parent effects a child. Decca herself was nine when her mother died of cancer, and three years ago, her partner drowned suddenly and unexpectedly, leaving her with their two young sons. She has had to raise them on her own and help them cope with his death. She talks to Sandra, who lost both her father and her husband suddenly, about what happens to children when a parent dies without warning. 

Producer in Bristol: Sara Conkey.

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