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"Hello, Dear Reader,
Thank you for picking up this book and stepping into a conversation that so many of us carry quietly inside: grief. It is as universal as it is deeply personal, and writing about it has been one of the toughest (and most meaningful) journeys of my life. This project was born from a desire to understand the many forms of grief, and to become a better friend, a better listener, and a better companion to anyone traveling that winding path toward healing." - excerpt from GET REAL ABOUT GRIEF
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
I'm Jennifer Barrette, a bestselling author, storyteller, artist, writer, creator, award winning screenwriter, wife, mother of four, and the founder of GET REAL ABOUT™.
I've spent much of my life creating. Years dedicated to design and art, followed by two decades spent developing stories, from nonfiction to middle-grade fiction and children's books. I've always been fascinated by people and the back stories that make us all who we are. GET REAL ABOUT™ became a natural extension of that curiosity. Only this time instead of creating the characters, I started listening to real people tell me their often very personal stories.
While we're getting real I suppose the less tidy version of my bio is probably more relevant here. I've been divorced and remarried. I've raised four children. I've built businesses, written books, started over, changed direction, made mistakes, and learned plenty of things later than I probably should have. I've loved people, lost people, and been fortunate to watch my parents age, eventually becoming the person they call when something is wrong, confusing, medically concerning, beeping, or simply refusing to dispense ice from the refrigerator.
And...I'm still figuring things out too.
And that's important, because GET REAL ABOUT™ isn't being built from a pedestal.
I'm not standing at the finish line yelling instructions back at everyone else. I'm right here in the middle of life with you. In fact, one of the biggest surprises of spending five years writing GET REAL ABOUT™ GRIEF was realizing that somewhere along the way, I needed the book too.
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