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When I had a Little Sister by Catherine Simpson is a searingly honest and heartbreaking account of growing up in a farming family, and of Catherines search for understanding into what led her younger sister to kill herself at 46. Its a story of sisters and sacrifice, grief and reclamation, and of the need to speak the unspeakable.When did she decide to die Was it before midnight on Friday the 6th, because she couldnt face another night or was it before dawn on Saturday the 7th because she couldnt face another dayDid she think about us Did she think about her dog, Ted, or her cat, Puss, sleeping on Grandma Marys old sofa in the conservatory and who would be waiting for her to feed them in the morning What about her horses in the stable Did she think about them Did she imagine Dad finding her It would have to be Dad, after all.