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"Oil for Your Lantern" -- Author Elizabeth Brady on the Sunbury Press Books Show

January 30, 2025

The saying, "There are no words," often comes to mind at the time of the unthinkable, including the sudden death of a child. Elizabeth Brady, however, notes there are words, in this collection of essays, Oil for Your Lantern: Sharing Light After the Death of a Child on the Scriptoria Press imprint of Sunbury Press Books.

Brady lost her young son Mack on New Year's Eve 2012. Speaking with Sunbury Press founder and host Lawrence Knorr, Brady examines the practical, cultural, and spiritual aspects of mourning a beloved child.

Elizabeth Brady is an Associate Professor at Penn State University. Her essays can be read on Motherwell, Modern Loss, Open to Hope, and Compassionate Friends. She has participated in several of the latter group's conferences and served on the content advisory board for the documentary Speaking Grief.