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The song that helped me grieve

Music journalist Jayson Greene kept a grief journal after the death of his daughter.

New Yorkers Jayson and Stacy Greene were enchanted with their little girl, Greta. But when Greta was two, she was killed in a freak accident. She and her grandmother were sitting on a bench in Manhattan when a lump of masonry fell on Greta鈥檚 head. Surgery couldn鈥檛 save her and she died in hospital the next day, with her parents by her side. Jayson is a writer and began keeping a journal following Greta鈥檚 death. He tells Jo Fidgen how his writing and listening to certain songs helped him to grieve. Jayson鈥檚 memoir is called Once More We Saw Stars.

Image: Jayson and Greta
Credit: Joni Greene

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