This literary piece has quickly become a powerful tool for parents and caregivers to address family duel from love, understanding and hope.
In the midst of a society that often avoids talking about death with the little ones, Emily and the stars, where are we going when we leave this world? It arrives as a light in the dark for thousands of families. Written by the journalist of the Bernardo O’Higgins University (UBO), Felipe Ramírez, the book has quickly become an emotionally powerful tool for parents and caregivers to address the duel from love, understanding and hope.
The work, published by Editorial Forja and Illustrated with a delicate and symbolic aesthetic, where the protagonist discovers that love transcends life. Through a poetic and accessible language, the story guides children – and also adults – to look at the sky with other eyes, understanding that physical absence does not mean forgetting, but the beginning of a new connection, one that shines in the sky and that accompanies us in each step.
“This book does not intend to replace pain, but to offer a safe space to travel with family. Literature can heal, connect and transform our life,” The author commented during one of his presentations. And it is precisely that love and respectful approach that has generated great impact on mothers, fathers, caregivers and education professionals, who today recommend it as a key material to accompany loss processes.
From various digital media to social networks, the work has been praised for its ability to open difficult conversations with sensitivity. So, “Emily and the stars transforms pain into a symbolic trip, finding new meanings to loss understanding that, although physical absence is real, memories and love remain aliveFelipe Ramírez said.
“Emily and the stars” not only seeks to heal, but also teach and encourage reading in a family environment. In a world where the duel is often evaded, this book opens the possibility of facing death with simple words and a clear message: love does not go out, it only changes form. A reading that will undoubtedly mark a before and after how we emotionally accompany the little ones in one of the most difficult moments of life.
About the author
Felipe Ramírez Muñoz is an institutional journalist at Bernardo O’Higgins and Master in Higher Education. His literary career has focused on making visible and sensitizing on relevant social issues. In This body is mine? (2019) addressed the experience of trans people in our country, while Be posithivo (2022) generated a space for reflection and education about HIV. With Emily and the starshis first children’s book invites us to explore the loss from the children’s gaze, offering them a comforting story that illuminates the soul and heart.
The work is now available in bookstores and through the Forja Editorial website www.editorialforja.cl.
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