Of Grief, Garlic and Gratitude

Returning to Hope and Joy from a Shattered Life—Sam’s Love Story

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Pub Date 21 May 2019 | Archive Date 8 May 2020
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When your life is shattered in an instant, can conscious and deliberate gratitude and connection to nature help you find joy and hope again?

Of Grief, Garlic and Gratitude follows the first thirty months after Sam Francoeur’s death from an accidental opiate (prescription) overdose.

His mother, Kris Francoeur, shares her journey from the first crushing days to her eventually being able to find light, joy, and hope again through the practices of conscious and deliberate gratitude, unconditional acceptance of others, and making strong connections to the natural world.

Her story helps grieving families feel that hope and joy will return, no matter how devastating and permanent the loss.

Of Grief, Garlic and Gratitude approaches grief with both a very clear understanding of the realities of the process, and also shares a very personal and honest account of living with grief.

It presents healing and hope without relying on religion, formal psychotherapy, or pharmaceutical resources.

Kris’s story reminds readers that even as people struggle with mental health issues and addiction, they can still bring joy and love to the world, and everyone is worthy of love and acceptance.

When your life is shattered in an instant, can conscious and deliberate gratitude and connection to nature help you find joy and hope again?

Of Grief, Garlic and Gratitude follows the first thirty...


Advance Praise

"Kris Francoeur's book is both heart-breaking and inspirational -- heartbreaking because of the loss it recounts with such loving care, and inspiring because of the radical honesty with which the story is told.   -David Moats, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism

Kristin Francoeur's Of Grief, Garlic,and Gratitude is a deeply moving and articulate memoir of grief. It brought me to tears. This lovely book honors her 20 year old son Sam,whose untimely death launched this requiem about the complexity of grief. Kristin Francoeur honors Sam, his friends, her family, her community, but most of all, she honors her grief process. This book is a part of Sam's enduring legacy and a gift for each reader, since we all experience grief and loss. Kristin Francoeur has truly given meaning to her suffering and we are all the richer for it. Of Grief, Garlic, and Gratitude is a powerful narrative that is simultaneously personal and universal.

-Jack Mayer, M.D., author of LIFE IN A JAR: THE IRENA SENDLER PROJECT and BEFORETHE COURT OF HEAVEN "

"Kris Francoeur's book is both heart-breaking and inspirational -- heartbreaking because of the loss it recounts with such loving care, and inspiring because of the radical honesty with which the...


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Sweet, but heartbreaking. A parent's loving tribute.

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