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Keep the Flowers

Tell the Healing You're Coming Home

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Pub Date 21 Apr 2026 | Archive Date 12 May 2026


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Description

For the ones who wake to pain before memory, and who grieve in rooms no one sees.

In Keep the Flowers, Ellie Williams recounts a life shaped by chronic illness and the slow-moving ache of loss. Diagnosed only after years of being dismissed and doubted, she learns to navigate a body that will not obey and a world that struggles to understand. After losing loved ones shattered her in ways she never expected, she must carry a different kind of hurt — one that lingers in the quiet spaces of faith, family, and becoming.

Told with clarity, warmth, and a refusal to look away, this memoir traces the long return to oneself. Not by forgetting what wounds, but by learning how to live in healing.

For the ones who wake to pain before memory, and who grieve in rooms no one sees.

In Keep the Flowers, Ellie Williams recounts a life shaped by chronic illness and the slow-moving ache of loss...


A Note From the Publisher

Ellie Williams is a writer, educator, and advocate for chronic illness awareness. She holds a degree in Theology and a masters in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Her passion for language, faith, and storytelling weaves through her work offering readers a deeply reflective and compassionate perspective on healing, loss, and resilience. When she's not writing, Ellie can be found having telepathic conversations with her dog, sipping a cup of tea, or traveling in search of stories that connect us all. Keep the Flowers: Tell the Healing You're Coming Home is her debut memoir.

Ellie Williams is a writer, educator, and advocate for chronic illness awareness. She holds a degree in Theology and a masters in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Her passion for...


Advance Praise

"Keep the Flowers by Ellie Williams is a really thoughtful memoir with a lot of heart and some genuine heartbreak, sprinkled with life lessons that are touching in their honesty. Williams does a beautiful job of describing her persistence. [...] Well written and moving, this memoir will appeal to readers who appreciate the medical journeys and losses faced by everyday people, as well as faith-centered life writing grounded in real experience. Very highly recommended." - Reader's Favorite

"Ellie Williams’ Keep the Flowers: Tell the Healing You’re Coming Home is an outstanding testimony that pulls us into the raw experience of living with illness and grief. Her writing is deeply moving, offering comfort and understanding to those who feel alone in their struggles. We are immersed into a ‘world that does not listen to a woman in pain.’ This book leaves a lasting impact, resonating with anyone who has ever faced similar conditions. An emotionally charged reading experience!” - Sonja Koch, author of Bookends of Life

"Keep the Flowers by Ellie Williams is a really thoughtful memoir with a lot of heart and some genuine heartbreak, sprinkled with life lessons that are touching in their honesty. Williams does a...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9798901741313
PRICE $16.99 (USD)
PAGES 190

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