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I didn't even realize that I was waiting for those familiar sounds that I won't hear again.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --excerpted from the book\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eChristine O'Keeffe Lafser has endured the deaths of four of her children. In \u003ci\u003eLonging for My Child\u003c\/i\u003e, she offers her own reflections as well as those of grieving parents and siblings in the hope that they will provide reassurance to others in their grief, inspire courage and perseverance, and allow glimmers of hope to shine through.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"If you cannot read this book, someone must read it to you--gently. 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