{"product_id":"loss-adjustment-pos","title":"Loss Adjustment","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I have had nothing bad happen to me except my own doing. I have let this cowardice envelop me, and I can’t \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshake it off. I will commit the worst thing you can ever do to someone who loves you: killing yourself. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003escary thing is, I’m okay with that.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVictoria McLeod, Singapore, March 30, 2014 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLoss Adjustment \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a mother’s recount of her 17\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-year-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eold daughter’s suicide. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the wake of Victoria McLeod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es passing, she left behind a remarkable journal in her laptop of the final four months of her life. Linda Collins, her mother, has woven these into her memoir, which is at once cohesive, yet fragmented, reflecting a survivor's state of mind after devastating loss. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLoss Adjustment \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einvolves the endless whys, the journey of Linda Collins and her husband in honouring Victoria, and the impossible question of what drove their daughter to this irretrievable act. A stunningly intimate portrait of loss and grief, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLoss Adjustment \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a breaking of silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea book whose face society cannot turn away from.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLinda Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e is a copyeditor on the political desk of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/em\u003e. She may be familiar to readers, having used to write a monthly contribution to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Expat Files\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 2009–2012. She has an MA in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) at Victoria University, New Zealand and her non-fiction and poetry have appeared in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTurbine\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSwamp Living\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fib Review\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cordite Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Freerange Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. She was shortlisted for the Hachette Australia Trans-Tasman mentorship, longlisted for a NZ flash fiction award and received an Honourable Mention in a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtest.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLoss Adjustment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas written three years after her daughter had died, and is a work of creative non-fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ethos Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29548517818481,"sku":"9789811414770","price":24.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Loss-Adjustment-Front_2048x_543eeaf4-0a5b-4056-bffc-8b0b4e9bdd5e.png?v=1599634337","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/loss-adjustment-pos","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}