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Loss. Hope. Love.
The day Valerie discovered she was pregnant was the day her husband died. She didn't know how to be a widow. Widows were old. Not twenty-six and pregnant. Valerie moved cross-country, gave birth, and found solace and healing in art, journaling, and alternative spirituality--discovering along the way how to be strong in the face of single parenting, dating, and reinventing herself after tragic loss.
If you like reading memoirs about ordinary people living through extraordinary circumstances, you'll love Valerie Ihsan's Smell the Blue Sky.
Valerie Ihsan
Valerie Ihsan is the author of You Can't Dance a Lie: A Memoir of Stepping into My Truth; The Scent of Apple Tea; and Smell the Blue Sky: Young, Pregnant, and Widowed, winner of a B.R.A.G. Medallion for Top Indie-Published Books. She co-chaired the Eugene Chapter of Willamette Writers for ten years; and podcasts, coaches, and edits for authors. She's served in the United States Army, owns land in Costa Rica, and lives with her husband and three dogs in Springfield, Oregon. She loves chocolate, cheese, and dogs.
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