What people are saying...

We have received nearly 500 responses from people who have read the book. We await your comments. Here are a few of the responses:
Your book screwed up my day! Usually when I read on the subway after working 12 hours, I fall asleep. I have ended up in the Bronx several times because I was sleeping, but I have never ended up there because I was reading–which was exactly what happened (with your book) today. MA, Manhattan, NY

I finished the book at the high school gymnasium amongst whistles and yelling fans, yet my mind was in English with you. Goosebumps ran all over my arms and neck while warm tears filled my eyes. I felt complete as the final page was turned. I loved knowing the erratic feelings I have experienced during painful losses are not “crazy” and that I am not alone in those moments. KW, Glasgow, KY

I have stepped into your shoes through your book and pretended your daily journals were mine. Thank you, thank you, and thank you. You don’t know how much it means to me to have someone understand my feelings and make me understand them. MP, English, IN

We are not taught how to grieve. We feel completely lost and are floundering for a reason to be here. Thank you, Krisanne, for your book. We need to know that our feelings are not wrong. Death is such a painful, lonely time for those of us left behind. DG, Cave City, KY

I must admit that I sobbed through most of it. I was exhausted at the end of Part 2 and Part 3 was like a warm hug. When we were walking up to the hospital in Lubbock, I kept thinking about your words and I knew that whatever I found when I got to my son’s room, other people had gone through similar circumstances and that I had to just put one foot in front of the other and get through it. KLT, Austin, TX

A little miracle happened yesterday…I received a copy of your book from my aunt! KV, Salt Lake City, Utah

Thanks again for taking the risk of writing your book. It gave me a whole new understanding of the way of our small town, English, Indiana. I laughed and I cried. I am sure it is very selfish of me, but I also couldn’t help but think about how lucky I am to still have much of my family intact. DA, English, IN

Well, little one, I just this very moment finished your book…may I tell you that it has kept me awake these last three nights–and when I did get to sleep, the minute I would wake, my mind went right back to you and yours. CB, English, IN

At first I felt angry with the author because she had just a good relationship with her dad. I didn’t experience that with my father. But after reading the entire book, I resolve to be a better mother and grandmother. CF, Rochester, NY

After reading this book, I felt I should give it to a friend, but ‘No’, I thought, ‘I’ll tell her about it, and encourage her to order one because everyone needs this book on their bookshelf.’ I am reading it again. JJ, Pennington Gap, VA

I fell in love for the little town of English, and loved the fact that the book dated the author’s grieving. The present tense put me where I needed to be because I don’t think I grieved enough for those I have lost. PL, New Palestine, IN

A wonderful book, but I had to read it when my grandchildren were not around because they would ask, ‘Why are you crying? Are you sad?” The truth is, I cried because I felt emotions I had not visited in a very long time. PP, Hillsboro, OH