Suzi Feay

Making peace with a mother’s death – and life

Four days after she last saw her, Natasha Walter’s mother Ruth took her own life. The loss throws Natasha into a desperate search for meaning by examining Ruth’s peace-activist past and beyond

CND march Aldermaston to London, 1961. Natasha Walter’s mother Ruth would have been there. [Daily Herald/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images]

  • Before the Light Fades: A Memoir of Grief and Resistance

    Natasha Walter

    Virago, pp. 256, £18

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