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Best Books of 2024

by Alison Garwood-Jones
Best Books of 2024
When it comes to grief, no one can do it for us but we do not have to do it alone. That includes you. I Miss My Mommy earned a star and a spot on ...
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A Visit to the Grief Dreams Podcast

by Alison Garwood-Jones
A Visit to the Grief Dreams Podcast
Listen here When my Mommy comes to me in a dream, I always wake up restored and with a belly full of hot tea. It’s as if my buffer against an occ...
Posted in Books for Orphaned Adults, Books on Grief, Books on Losing Your Parents, Elisabeth Kubler Ross, Family and Relationships, Five Stages of Grief, Grief, Grief And Loss, Grief Journey, Grief Quotes, Grief Resources, Grief Support, Illustrated books on grief, Living without parents, Managing Grief, Orphaned Adults, Orphaned In Adulthood, Parental Death, Picture Book

What Readers Are Saying

by Alison Garwood-Jones
What Readers Are Saying
Grief can leave us speechless, especially during the holidays. When we’re the ones grieving, we may not know what support we need. That’s why I wr...
Posted in Books as gifts, Books for Orphaned Adults, Books on Grief, Five Stages of Grief, Grief Resources, Grief Support, Illustrated books on grief, Lonely for the holidays, National Grief and Bereavement Day, Orphaned Adults, Surviving Loss

Employee Assistance Programs and My Book

by Alison Garwood-Jones
Employee Assistance Programs and My Book
If any of you work with, or are in touch with, EAP service providers (LifeWorks, BetterUp, ComPsych, MantraCare), I would love an introduction and/or a good word. Thank you, everyone!
Posted in Books, Books for Orphaned Adults, Books for Orphaned Adults on Mother's Day, Books on Grief, Books on Losing Your Parents, Elisabeth Kubler Ross, family, Family and Relationships, Fatherless adults, Five Stages of Grief, Graphic novel on grief, Graphic Novel on Grief for Orphaned Adults, Graphic Novels on Grief, Grief, Grief And Loss, Grief Journey, Grief Quotes, Grief Resources, Grief Support, Living without parents, Losing your parents, Managing Grief, Motherless, Motherless adults, Mothers Day, Orphaned Adults, Orphaned In Adulthood, Parental Death, The Five Stages of Grief

Kirkus Pins a Star on My Book

by Alison Garwood-Jones
Kirkus Pins a Star on My Book
  Getting the word out about an independently published book takes persistence & the forward lean of a battering ram. It also takes a set of c...
Posted in Books for Orphaned Adults, Books for Orphaned Adults on Mother's Day, Books on Grief, Books on Losing Your Parents, Elisabeth Kubler Ross, Family and Relationships, Father's Day Gift Ideas, Father's Day Gifts, Fatherless adults, Five Stages of Grief, Graphic novel on grief, Graphic Novel on Grief for Orphaned Adults, Graphic Novels on Grief, GriefResources, GriefSupport, Living without parents, Losing your parents, Managing Grief, Mother's Day Gift for Motherless Adults, Mother's Day Gift Ideas, Mother's Day Gifts, Motherless adults, Mothers Day, Orphaned Adults, Orphaned In Adulthood, Parental Death, Pets and Grief, The Five Stages of Grief

My Book is Going to the Library

by Alison Garwood-Jones
My Book is Going to the Library
My graphic novel, I Miss My Mommy: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults, will be available at the Toronto Public Library. 👐Jazz hands👐- Thank you to ...
Posted in Books for Orphaned Adults, Books for Orphaned Adults on Mother's Day, Books on Grief, Books on Losing Your Parents, Books on parental grief, Elisabeth Kubler Ross, family, Family and Relationships, Father's Day Gift Ideas, Fatherless adults, Five Stages of Grief, Grief, Grief And Loss, Grief Journey, Grief Quotes, Grief Resources, Grief Support, Living without parents, Losing your parents, Mother's Day Gift for Motherless Adults, Mother's Day Gift Ideas, Orphaned Adults, Parental Death, Parental Grief, Parental loss, The Five Stages of Grief

Promoting My Graphic Novel: I've Learned From The Best

by Alison Garwood-Jones
How I learned to promote my graphic novel, I Miss My Mommy

I've had to learn how to promote my graphic novel to reach my audience. It's like building a house from the ground up.

Posted in Book marketing tactics, Book promotion tactics, Books on Grief, Digital Marketing for Books, Father's Day Gift Ideas, Five Stages of Grief, Mother's Day Gift Ideas, Orphaned Adults, Promoting Your Book

What is Your Grief Story?

by Alison Garwood-Jones
I Miss My Mommy, the book for orphaned adults
I Miss My Mommy takes you right to the heart of the five stages of grief through 150 portraits, some grim, some funny, but all relatable.The ...
Posted in Elisabeth Kubler Ross, Family and, Family and Relationships, Famly, Fatherless, Five Stages of Grief, Graphic Nov, Graphic Novel, Graphic novel on grief, Graphic Novel on Grief for Orphaned Adults, Grief And Loss, Grief Journey, Grief Quotes, Grief Resources, Grief Support, Mother's Day Gift Ideas, Motherless, Mothers Day, Orphaned Adults, Orphaned In Adulthood, Parental Death, Picture Book

I Miss You Too, Daddy

by Alison Garwood-Jones
I Miss My Mommy: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults by Alison Garwood-Jones
My new book is called I Miss My Mommy, but fathers are just as integral to the story for orphaned adults.For Father’s Day, here’s a preview of how ...
Posted in Books for Orphaned Adults, Books on Grief, Books on Losing Your Parents, Elisabeth Kubler Ross, family, Family and Relationships, Father's Day Gifts, Fatherless, Fatherless adults, Five Stages of Grief, Graphic Novels on Grief, Grief, Grief Quotes, Grief Resources, Grief Support, Managing Grief

Practicing what I preach in class

by Alison Garwood-Jones
Article about How Alison Garwood-Jones uses the marketing skills she teaches at SCS to reach the right audience for her new book about navigating grief.
I sat down with Sarah McDonald of the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies to talk about my new graphic novel, I MISS MY MOMMY. High...
Posted in Book marketing tactics, Book promotion tactics, Books on Grief, family, Family and Relationships, Five Stages of Grief, Graphic Novels on Grief, Grief Resources, Grief Support

Grief and Male Friendships

by Alison Garwood-Jones
Grief and Male Friendships
I’m at the start of a book tour for my graphic novel, I Miss my Mommy, and I’ve been glad to see as many men as women reaching out to me to share w...
Posted in Books, Books on Grief, Books on parental grief, family, Family and Relationships, Fatherless, Fatherless adults, Five Stages of Grief, Graphic novel on grief, Graphic Novel on Grief for Orphaned Adults, Graphic Novels on Grief, Grief, Grief Resources, Grief Support, illustration, Living without parents, Managing Grief, Orphaned Adults, The Five Stages of Grief

"I Miss My Mommy" - What Readers Are Saying

by Alison Garwood-Jones
Cover of I Miss My Mommy by Alison Garwood-Jones
This is my time to say thank you to the folks who read the advance reader copy of I MISS MY MOMMY, my new picture book for big people without pare...
Posted in Books on Grief, Books on parental grief, family, Family and Relationships, Fatherless, Fatherless adults, Five Stages of Grief, Graphic novel on grief, Graphic Novel on Grief for Orphaned Adults, Graphic Novels on Grief, Grief, Grief Resources, Grief Support, GriefAndLoss, GriefJourney, GriefQuotes, Managing Grief, Motherless, Motherless adults, MothersDay, Orphaned Adults, The Five Stages of Grief