Three Minus One: Parents’ Stories of Love and Loss

Price: £15 – includes free delivery in the UK

Edited by Sean Hanish and Brooke Warner: Brand new UK edition with anglicized text

A powerful, groundbreaking collection of essays, poetry, and artwork that shatters the silence about stillbirth, miscarriage, and neonatal death

“As a mother, this powerful collection touches me deeply. These stories help break the silence for millions who suffer thinking they are alone in their pain, and comfort with the knowledge there is a light at the end of the tunnel.”Cindy Crawford

“A moving and beautifully written anthology giving a powerful insight into what it is like to experience the death of a baby.”SANDS UK (stillbirth and neonatal death charity)

The loss of a child is unlike any other—a devastating blow that sends out a shockwave of pain and guilt that begins with the parents and reverberates through their entire community. Yet the majority of those who suffer such a loss, especially mothers, often do so in silence, convinced that their grief is theirs to bear alone. Three Minus One: Parents’ Stories of Love and Loss changes all that by allowing parents who have lost their children to stillbirth, miscarriage, and neonatal death speak out through raw essays, exquisite poems, beautiful paintings, and stunning photography—and break this poisonous silence one and for all.

Inspired by the film Return to Zero—the first Hollywood film to tackle the taboo subject of stillbirth—Three Minus One is a poignant, inspiring anthology that offers much-needed insight into the unique, shattering, and life-changing experience of losing a child.

In his own story, meanwhile, co-editor Hanish describes how he’s tried to recall what he did in the moments after his wife called to tell him that his unborn son was gone—has tried to piece it into a coherent narrative—but hasn’t been able to. “You can’t glue the broken glass back together as it’s breaking,” he explains.

Groundbreaking and revelatory, Three Minus One is a soul-baring journey through love and loss—and a ray of hope for the many parents out there in search of answers, understanding, and healing.