Hope Is a Bright Star: A Mother’s Memoir of Love, Loss, and Learning to Live Again

-Addresses important issues: Every three minutes, somewhere in the world a family receives the devastating news that their child has been diagnosed with cancer; this story offers compassion and hope to those families.

-A unique memoir angle: Weaving together a grief narrative, a divorce narrative, and a cancer survivor narrative, the author portrays the unexpected in this memoir by creating an ultimately positive story about overcoming tragedy and adversity through finding new meaning in life.

-For readers who liked … :Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir by Jason Greene, Rare Bird: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Anna Whiston-Donaldson and Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child Over the past five years, adult non-fiction grew 20.9% and memoirs and biographies were #1 of the top five selling categories for hard copy books on Amazon.com.