Patchwork: A Memoir of Love and Loss

I’m honored to share a new review of my book, Patchwork: A Memoir of Love and Loss.  Lee Ambrose is a long-time, prolific book reviewer with the Story Circle Network. Recently, she posted her review on Amazon and Goodreads, which begins as follows:

Long before the #MeToo movement Mary Jo Doig set out to speak and write her truths. With bravery, honesty, and a transparency few are comfortable employing, she shares her long-suppressed memories as a way of personal healing. In the writing and sharing of tragic and sometimes unspeakable experiences, she also provides readers with a platform to explore their own life adversities.

Doig’s gift lies in her ability to paint word pictures that remain vivid long after seen on the page. She poignantly confronts sexual abuse, the loss of children, failed marriages and the resulting albeit temporary loss of self…. To read the rest of the review, kindly follow either the Amazon or Goodreads link in the first paragraph.

During these next few months, I am celebrating Patchwork’s first anniversary of publication by posting new reviews and other articles that relate to my story. If you already have a copy of the book, thank you so much for purchasing it! Or, congratulations for being gifted with it! If you’d like to read an overview of the story, that link is here:

I’d like to mention a few facts about book reviews. Authors are always grateful for honest and unbiased reviews of our books. Even a year or more after publication, we welcome a review. Ongoing reviews are effective in many ways that include keeping the book’s life current. If you should decide to obtain a copy of Patchwork: A Memoir of Love and Loss, I would be most grateful for your review, as would others who look at Patchwork online. It’s always nice for someone to find a recent review rather than a long gap between reviews. Each one assists with my goal for Patchwork to spread her wings and reach out to an ever-widening circle of those who can find connection and, hopefully, healing with my story.

If you need/want to brush up on basic guidelines for writing a review, there are many links online, including here. Kind thanks to each and every reader, as always!