Alison Garwood Jones

Grief and the Truth About Life

Originally published in April 2025 in Blog, Grief

Social media is mostly broken. But there are sporadic green shoots pushing through the muck that show human progress is possible and necessary. One of those shoots is our return to acknowledging grief in public. I’m talking about the hand-in-hand social media meme that announces the passing of a parent, spouse, friend or pet. (I’ve […]

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Comfort on Mother’s Day

Originally published in April 2025 in Blog

Make I MISS MY MOMMY your source of comfort this Mother’s Day.

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Saskatchewan Librairies

Originally published in April 2025 in Blog, Books on Grief, Grief, Pen Jar Productions

Do you have a rapacious view of success? This story will slow you down. I MISS MY MOMMY is now available in libraries across the province of Saskatchewan through Saskatchewan.Overdrive.com Since January, I’ve been rising with the sun and pitching one collections librarian at a time to carry my book. Yes, I have a map […]

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Grief Dreams Podcast

Originally published in December 2024 in Blog, Grief

In episode 233 of the Grief Dreams podcast, Joshua Black & I discuss why I created a picture book for orphaned adults struggling with grief.

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What Readers Are Saying

Originally published in November 2024 in Blog

I asked several readers of I Miss My Mommy to describe how the book has helped them find comfort and connection through loss.

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My book is not on Amazon

Originally published in October 2024 in Blog

My book is not available on Amazon. But thank you for looking for it there. Truly. Here’s where you will find I MISS MY MOMMY: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults: • My store: PenJarProductions.com (the paperback)- @penjarproductions • Indigo.ca (the ebook) – @indigo And the public library (PB & ebook) – tap “Notify Me” if […]

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Kirkus Reviews Magazine

Originally published in October 2024 in Blog

I Miss My Mommy: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults, by author/illustrator Alison Garwood-Jones, gets a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.

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Cutting Room Floor

Originally published in July 2024 in Blog, Books on Grief, Books on Parental Loss, Toronto Illustrators

This drawing never made it into my book, I Miss My Mommy: 150 Portraits of Orphaned Adults.

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What is your grief story?

Originally published in June 2024 in Blog, Books on Grief, Books on Parental Loss, Grief, Pen Jar Productions

I Miss My Mommy takes you right to the heart of the five stages of grief through 150 portraits, some grim, some funny, but all relatable.

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Father’s Day

Originally published in June 2024 in Blog, Books on Grief, Books on Parental Loss, Gift Ideas, Pen Jar Productions

My new book is called I Miss My Mommy, but fathers are just as integral to the story for orphaned adults. For Father’s Day, here’s a preview of how dads, now gone, weave in and out of the stories of their adult kids’ lives. 

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