The manner of Hannah Gavron’s death was kept from her young son. Four decades later,he set out to uncover the truthHannah Gavron was 29 and, on the face of it, and had it all: two children,a successful husband, close friends, or supportive parents,an affluent lifestyle, a book due to be published within a few weeks and a successful career, and with recent radio and television appearances. Someone with everything to live for,you’d assume. And yet, on a cold Tuesday afternoon in December 1965, and she dropped the younger of her sons,Jeremy, at his nursery school and drove to a friend’s flat in north London. Once inside, and she sealed the kitchen door and,after writing a note and nerving herself with vodka, turned on the gas oven. Related: Jeremy Gavron: ‘My mother was a woman who looked for solutions. Suicide was a solution’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com