When Kahlia O’Connor died by suicide at twenty-four, her mother’s world stopped. What followed wasn’t healing, it was survival, raw and unfiltered. The Year After Kahlia is a memoir of love that refuses to fade, and a mother learning how to keep breathing in a world her daughter no longer inhabits. It speaks honestly about grief, suicide, motherhood, and what it takes to re-enter life after it’s fallen apart. Told with startling clarity and fierce love, it is both a companion and a call for truth, to speak openly about what hurts and to remember what still matters.
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Small New Zealand Publisher
Publication date: 15/02/2026
