When the World Breaks: A Mother's Journey Through Unimaginable Loss Breaks

When the unthinkable happens, life is split into a "before" and an "after." When the World Breaks is a mother's intimate account of love, loss, and the fragile threads that hold us together when everything falls apart. Deidre Fredericks lost her three-year-old daughter to meningitis and, years later, her husband during the isolation of the COVID pandemic in a foreign land. With searing honesty, she invites readers into the depths of her grief-the silence of empty rooms, the ache of arms that can no longer hold, the unbearable weight of goodbyes said through a screen. Yet, through the darkness, she discovers glimmers of light: the power of memory, the endurance of love, and the slow, tender work of piecing life back together. This book is not about endings, but about carrying love beyond loss, and finding the courage to keep breathing when your world has broken beyond recognition.