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Press for I Miss My Mommy

by Alison Garwood-Jones
Press from The Hamilton Spectator for I Miss My Mommy by Alison Garwood-Jones
Anne Bokma’s compelling Mother’s Day column in today’s Hamilton Spectator shows how fraught Mother’s Day can be for adult orphans, particularly wom...
Posted in Books for Orphaned Adults, Books on Grief, ElisabethKublerRoss, family, Family and Relationships, graphic novels on grief, Grief support, Mother's Day Gifts, Orphaned Adults, The Five Stages of 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

"I Miss My Mommy" was on TV!

by Alison Garwood-Jones
"I Miss My Mommy" was on TV!
When Carla Lucchetta and the crew from The Agenda with Steve Paikin left my home, after an afternoon talking about grief and deceased parents, I f...
Posted in Books on Grief, family, Family and Relationships, Graphic novel on grief, Grief, Grief Resources, Grief Support, Managing Grief, Motherless adults, MothersDay, Orphaned Adults, Parental loss, ParentalDeath, The Five Stages of Grief

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

A visit from the TV Crew of "The Agenda"

by Alison Garwood-Jones
A visit from the TV Crew of "The Agenda"
  Last week, a team from the current affairs program, The Agenda with Steve Paikin joined me in my studio for a heart to heart discussion on the...
Posted in Books, Books on Grief, Books on parental grief, ElisabethKublerRoss, fa, family, Family and Relationships, Fatherless, Fatherless adults, Five Stages of Grief, Gift Ideas, Grief, Grief Resources, Grief Support, GriefAndLoss, GriefJourney, GriefResources, GriefSupport, Living without parents, Managing Grief, Motherless, Motherless adults, MothersDay, Orphaned Adults, Parental Grief, Parental loss, ParentalDeath, The Five Stages of Grief, Toronto illustrator

NEW Book! I Miss My Mommy: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults

by Alison Garwood-Jones
NEW Book! I Miss My Mommy: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults
Welcome to the world! Meet my new graphic novel. * Name: I Miss My Mommy: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults * Weight: 1 lb * Measuring 7.5” x 7.5”...
Posted in Books on Parental Grief, Graphic Novel on Grief for Orphaned Adults, Grief, Grief Resources, Grief Support, Living without parents, Managing Grief, Orphaned Adults, The Five Stages of Grief

Books & Dogs Offer Companionship & Comfort to Orphaned Adults

by Alison Garwood-Jones
Books & Dogs Offer Companionship & Comfort to Orphaned Adults
  In my proudest earned media moment to date, yesterday I snagged an interview with Rupert, the white golden retriever. It got real when Rupert a...
Posted in Books on Grief, Books on Parental Grief, family, Family and Relationships, Grief Resources, Grief Support, How to get through Mother's Day without a mother, Mother's Day Gift for Motherless Adults, Orphaned Adults, Parental Grief, Pets and Grief, The Five Stages of Grief

Are You My Mother? and I Miss My Mommy: Two Books About Our Search For Motherly Love

by Alison Garwood-Jones
Two books that are about our search for parental love: Are You My Mother? and I Miss My Mommy: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults
Remember when we were toddlers and we got scared every time our mothers left the room, went to the grocery store, headed to the office, or just...
Posted in Books on Parental Grief, family, Family and Relationships, Graphic Novels on Grief, Grief Support, Mother's Day Gift for Motherless Adults, Orphaned Adults, Parental Grief, The Five Stages of Grief

I Miss My Mommy: a picture book to help orphaned adults through grief

by Alison Garwood-Jones
I Miss My Mommy: a picture book to help orphaned adults through grief
All of us will have to do life without our parents at some point. I decided to write and illustrate a book to shows what grief looks like. I Miss My Mommy is the world's first picture book for big people without parents.
Posted in Books, Books on parental grief, Fatherless adults, Five Stages of Grief, Graphic novel on grief, Grief Support, Motherless adults, Orphaned Adults, Parental loss