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Radio 4,4 mins

What should you say to someone who's lost their adult child?

Woman's Hour

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How do you best support a mother when her adult child dies? Jane Wessman's son Billy died when he was aged 44. She talks to Jenni and they are joined by Julia Samuel, a grief psychotherapist and Carolyn Brice, Chief Executive of the national charity, The Compassionate Friends.

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