In Xanthi Barker’s memoir Will This House Last Forever? she tries to deal with the death of her absent father

In Xanthi Barkeru2019s memoir Will This House Last Forever? she tries to deal with the death of her absent father

An extract from Will This House Last Forever? by Xanthi Barker

When someone says to me they are going to see their dad, a hollowness gapes invisibly in my chest     

But he is also dead, because I can’t touch him, and I am losing the memory of his shoulders, and the way he squeezed me against his side

Read a piercingly honest and heartfelt extract about death and grief for a parent from 'Will This House Last Forever?' by Xanthi Barker

How do you grieve a father who has been absent for most of your life?