A YOUNG widow who published a children’s book on bereavement after her husband died in front of their son has already had orders from around world.
Elke Barber, 38, wrote Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute? in 2009 after her son Alex, then just three years old, saw his father Martin die of a heart attack at the age of 34 while they were on a boys’ holiday in the Lake District.
The tragedy struck just four days before the first birthday of the couple’s daughter, Olivia.
Ms Barber, a graphic designer from Gorebridge, was amazed to find there were no books available to explain sudden death to children and decided to write her own, based on her conversations with Alex, now seven. And after successfully raising enough money to have the book illustrated and self-published, she has now seen orders come from as far afield as Australia – and has started to plan for an audio book version, a translation in German and a possible follow-up.
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