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Behind the book

I was asked recently - what did you do to make it through your dad's suicide, and everything that happened as a result of his death? How did Arlo and the Orca fit into it all? So this is it. My Dad died in 2009 by suicide. I didn't do anything for 10 years. It hurt to think about him, so I didn't. It hurt to talk about him, so I didn't. I spent those 10 years raising my boys. Trying to be the best mother I could be but also I became really good at hiding feelings and emotions that were too dif...