Penistone domestic abuse campaigner: 'I've pushed myself to breaking point reliving everything'
Claire Throssell MBE says her new book will go into detail around coping with grief & domestic abuse
A Penistone woman - who lost her two sons over a decade ago at the hands of her abusive partner - is aiming to help 'grieving' parents.
12-year-old Jack & 9-year-old Paul Sykes - died in a house fire in 2014 started by their dad - Darren Sykes - who also passed away.
Claire Throssell MBE has just finished writing a book about how it's affected her - she hopes it'll help others:
"To write a book as honest and as open as I've been with this one about my experience of domestic abuse takes a lot out of you.
"There is no book out there that tells you how to live without your children.
"Now I know why that is - there have been times when I've been writing this and I couldn't see what I was jotting down because of the tears.
"It's been incredibly difficult to write.
"If it saves a life or makes a difference to just one person, then it will have been worth all the tears and almost reaching breaking point for.
"It will help a lot of people who feel trapped in domestic abuse, but it will also help all the grieving parents with coping mechanisms on how to live without your children - as hard as it may be."
Last year, Claire handed in a petition at Downing Street - which had been signed by over 100,000 - in a bid to change the law around 'unsafe child contact'.
Her book is set to be released in October this year.