NEW BOOK OUT ABOUT DEALING WITH GRIEF

2011-10-17 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kathy A. Briant
Ph:  403 239-4839
Cell:  403 847-3949
Email:  info@KathyBriantBooks.com
Web:  www.KathyBriantBooks.com

NEW BOOK OUT ABOUT DEALING WITH GRIEF
106 Ways to Deal with Grief

Kathy’s daughter Shannon, an artist, took her life in 2009.  After a long battle with mental illness, Shannon thought nothing would ever get better so she swallowed every pill she could find and went to bed.

People may remember the many art shows Kathy held and continues to hold, to promote the art Shannon would never take out of the closet, and engage people in discussions about suicide, mental illness and the life of an artist.

The journey through grief is a gut wrenching process.  Kathy’s world was turned upside down and she went through reactions and behaviours that she found strange and was double traumatized, both by the loss of a child and the loss of herself.

This book, 106 Ways to Deal with Grief is the result of that journey through rough seas.  Anyone who has lost a loved one will find solace in these words.   This is a good book to read because no one going through the mourning process can concentrate long enough for a while to read the usual kind of book.  This book is framed in easy to understand sentences and the reader can start and stop wherever they feel they want to. The statements are clear and realistic and give the grieving person a map to understand what they are going through.  This book is designed to help a person undergoing one of the most difficult processes they will ever experience.

Also valuable for individuals and professionals, it provides an understanding of the grieving person.  Filled with Kathy’s personal experiences as well as the process others underwent, the statements help others to understand the grieving person.  If you know someone going through the grief process, this is the book they need and you need to understand them.

Kathy has a number of book signings organized and welcomes anyone wanting to talk:

• Chapters Crowfoot, Sat Oct 22  12-5 pm
• Indigo Signal Hill, Sat Nov 5 12-7 pm
• Chapters Dalhousie, Sat Nov 19, 1-5 pm
• Coles, Market Mall, Sunday Nov 20  12-4 pm
• Chapters Chinook, Sunday Nov 27  12-6 pm
• Cochrane Library, Author Talk with Kathy Briant – Nan Boothby Memorial Library, 405 Railway St. Cochrane  Thurs. Dec. 1  7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Books will be for sale and some of Shannon’s art and cards will be available to view.