D'Arcy learns to cope with pain and feelings of sorrow while dealing with her father's death--which she wants to be an accident but knows is a suicide--as her mother struggles with torment of her own.
Designed for use by both parents and children, this book discusses issues affecting desirable human behavior. There are chapters on self-esteem, pleasure and pain, shame, guilt, sympathy, and love.
Uses child-friendly language and illustrations to explain what cancer is, the terminology surrounding its treatment, and the potential consequences of the disease, and explains the healthy emotional reactions children may have when someone in their life has cancer.