Raising the Goddess of Spring

 

 So happy to share the good news! You can get our book now on most Amazon platforms. This is the link for Canada but you can get it on the US, UK and other platforms in Europe as well! Stephanie

We are close to the launch of our book. Here is a sneak preview of the front cover! Follow our book page on Facebook to make sure you don't miss any news or updates! I cannot tell you how excited I am! Please share with your networks!!! Our book is 300+ pages, with 19 chapters, and lots of stories - mine and those of many other parents interviewed raising children with rare chromosome disorders. I am very proud of what we have done. I would also like to share that Dr. Beverly Searle, of Unique, the Rare Chromosome & Single Gene Disorder Support group, has provided the foreword. I am so honoured to have her voice included. My personal hero since Maia was born, Dr. Beverly Emanuel, has offered a kind recommendation and I have placed it on the back cover. To my knowledge, there are no other books on the market that include all of the topics we cover in one stand-alone book - not only do we have an amazing chapter on understanding chromosomes by Dr. Melissa Carter from the Childr...

  Where are we at?  I thought it was about time I let everyone in on our progress towards publishing our book. We have chosen to self-publish. After thinking about the benefits of maintaining control of our rights and really just wanting to put this out, and after a huge learning curve on my part, we have chosen to go with Amazon (Kindle Direct Publishing). I spent most of my Christmas holidays preparing the index, and really, except for the cover work, that was the last major task to complete. We are days away from uploading the draft along with the cover and ordering a physical proof copy to ensure everything looks perfect before we go live. A few weeks maybe? Can I believe we are here now?  No...considering that we starting planning this book in 2010! A lot of thought, research, interviews and soul have gone into our 312 pages, 19 chapter guidebook for families raising children with rare disorders. I think I have gone over it a million times. I am almost done with the ...