My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me by Jason B. Rosenthal

July 06, 2020

I may have mentioned this before. When my husband, Jim, died, my mother gave me the best advice I received. She said, “Your life will be different, but it can be just as good.” Jason B. Rosenthal came to that realization as well, that life can go on. He...

Barbara Nickless, Guest Author

June 02, 2020

On Barbara Nickless’ website, https://www.barbaranickless.com/, it says she was a technical writer, instructional designer, raptor rehabilitator, astronomy instructor, sword fighter and piano teacher before turning seriously to writing. She’s the...

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

October 14, 2018

If you read my blog on Thursday, you might have read Ron Charles’ Washington Post review of this book. https://wapo.st/2IOE7zI. It was funny. But, I read Mitch Albom’s The Next Person You Meet in Heaven. It’s really directed at the same audience...

The Widower’s Notebook by Jonathan Santlofer

August 26, 2018

Jonathan Santolofer’s book, The Widower’s Notebook, is a memoir. The author of The Death Artist and Anatomy of Fear did not write an instructional manual as to how to survive grief. It’s a very personal account of the sudden death of his wife, Joy,...

Dead People Suck by Laurie Kilmartin

February 12, 2018

I’ll admit Laurie Kilmartin’s nonfiction book, Dead People Suck: A Guide for Survivors of the Newly Departed, isn’t for everyone. In fact, I don’t know that I would recommend the comedian’s book to “survivors of the newly...