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Reviewed by Roy T. James for Readers' Favorite
Waiting for a Miracle: Life in the Dead Zone by John Spencer begins by indicating that this is not a manual on how to grieve quickly or successfully. It gives a good account of the author’s life, making a point that he has has a greater share of ill luck all throughout. He then goes on to narrate the life of his daughter, Claire, and the unending moments of happiness this bundle of joy brought to them. With no clear symptoms, one day Claire is found without any signs of life. All resuscitation efforts fail, and she passes away. The rest of the book covers the efforts in establishing a cause and John’s reflections.
This book reflects truly the workings of the mind of a deeply bereaved parent. The author’s descriptions of the days with his daughter clearly remind us of the bundle of happiness a child of that age is bound to be. Eulogy for Claire contains some of the best lines of this book, with controlled expressions of sentiments and a disciplined use of language. Perhaps writing this book has been a great consoling factor in John’s fight with his personal loss. A little more description of the efforts taken to find the exact cause of this unfortunate event would have been of interest to the reader. It would have enabled John to deal with the contradictory burden of wanting to be free of this overwhelming pain and yet needing it as a reminder of the child who died.
