Love Loss Light-Illuminating the Path Through Grief was a winner in the Aging/Death & Dying category of the 2020 IndieReader Discovery Awards, where undiscovered talent meets people with the power to make a difference.
Following find an interview with author Karen Trench.
What is the name of the book and when was it published? Love Loss Light-Illuminating the Path Through Grief; Publication Date: June, 2019
What’s the book’s first line?
“When I was a teenager, I dreamed of one day penning The Great American Novel.”
What’s the book about? Give us the “pitch”.
Love Loss Light depicts my step-by-step journey through grief after losing my beloved husband to suicide in 2015 and shares with the reader the many blessings that were bestowed upon me on my quest to heal my heart.
What inspired you to write the book? A particular person? An event?
A deep desire to help others in their healing as they journey through their own profound loss and grief. “Writing my story about the tragic loss of my husband is a way to further lighten the load of sorrow that, after nearly four years, presses against my still healing heart. My fervent wish is that it helps to lighten yours too.”
What’s the main reason someone should really read this book?
Anyone who has experienced a profound loss of any kind will hopefully derive some measure of solace by reading my story of grief and loss.
Is this the first book you’ve written?
I have written two other books, one a work of fiction, the other an anthology of the 1960’s, but this is my first published book.
What do you do for work when you’re not writing?
Certified Spiritual Empowerment Life Coach-“Soul-Full” Widows-From Grief to Awakening. Coaching and supporting widows as they move forward after the loss of their spouse.
Which writer, living or dead, do you most admire?
Marianne Williamson
Which book do you wish you could have written?
That’s a tough one. It’s a 3-way tie. A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, Live Your Truth by Kamal Ravikant, and Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh.