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2021 Kindle Book Awards, gold medal winner, non-fiction 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards, gold medal winner, adult non-fiction 2020 IAN Book of the Year Award, Outstanding Memoir category winner 2020 IAN Book of the Year Award, second place winner, Non-Fiction 2020 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, winner in the category of Memoir 2020 National Indie Excellence Award, winner in the category of Grief 2020 Readers' Favorite silver medal winner in the genre of Non-Fiction - Grief/Hardship 2020 Honoree, B.R.A.G. Medallion So well written and so intimately candid, How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss is one of those memoirs that will linger in the mind and memory long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf. . . . -- Midwest Book Review, Reviewer's Choice . . . Chapman's memoir is heart-wrenching, descriptive, and powerful. . . . [She] writes of her pain and loss with striking lyricism. . . . This work conveys an excruciatingly painful and unimaginable experience with candor and grace. -- The BookLife Prize A story of strength in the face of a terrible tragedy. A gold medal winner and highly recommended. -- The Wishing Shelf Book Awards . . . Unmasking the raw emotional experience of sudden tragic news and the agonizing process of grief that follows with the loss of a child, Chapman's fearless and inspiring account takes readers through every stage with a full heart and immersive narration. . . . Author Sherry Chapman writes with literary confidence that makes readers feel as though they are in safe hands, even through the darkest and most emotionally precarious moments of this hard-hitting reading experience. Readers who have experienced similar sudden tragedies are certain to take heart and support when reading Chapman's account, and for those lucky enough to be ignorant of the experience, it's a true window into the soul and psyche that, once read, cannot ever be forgotten . . . How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss is an incredible and highly emotive work of memoir that is sure to touch the heart of anyone that reads it. -- Readers' Favorite (5-star review) . . . Chapman's prose offers vivid detail and self reflection. . . . A brave recollection of a shattering loss. -- Kirkus Reviews How Much Big Is the Sky spares no difficult details as it describes the darkest and most unimaginable corners of a parent confronting tragedy. Yet the book's jagged chronology mirrors the experience and leaves on the reader the indelible impression that this mother has faced reality with enormous courage, described it with disarming clarity, and provided us with clear-eyed perspectives and rays of hope . . . Thank you, Sherry, for endeavoring to write this book and delivering such compelling honesty. -- Tim Hollister, author, His Father Still; co-author, Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving

How Much Big Is the Sky spares no difficult details as it describes the darkest and most unimaginable corners of a parent confronting tragedy. Yet the book's jagged chronology mirrors the experience and leaves on the reader the indelible impression that this mother has faced reality with enormous courage, described it with disarming clarity, and provided us with clear-eyed perspectives and rays of hope . . . Thank you, Sherry, for endeavoring to write this book and delivering such compelling honesty. -Tim Hollister, author, His Father Still; co-author, Not So Fast Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving

"Literary Awards and Honors Include: Gold medal winner, non-fiction, 2021 Kindle Book Awards Gold medal winner, adult non-fiction, 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Winner, Outstanding Memoir, 2020 IAN Book of the Year Awards Winner, Memoir, 2020 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner, Grief, 2020 National Indie Excellence Award Winner, silver medal, non-fiction - Grief/Hardship, 2020 Readers' Favorite Winner, second place, non-fiction, 2020 IAN Book of the Year Awards Honoree, 2020, B.R.A.G. Medallion Reviews: ""So well written and so intimately candid, How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss is one of those memoirs that will linger in the mind and memory long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf. . . ."" -- Midwest Book Review, Reviewer's Choice "". . . Chapman's memoir is heart-wrenching, descriptive, and powerful. . . . [She] writes of her pain and loss with striking lyricism. . . . This work conveys an excruciatingly painful and unimaginable experience with candor and grace."" -- The BookLife Prize ""A story of strength in the face of a terrible tragedy. A gold medal winner and highly recommended."" -- The Wishing Shelf Book Awards "". . . Unmasking the raw emotional experience of sudden tragic news and the agonizing process of grief that follows with the loss of a child, Chapman's fearless and inspiring account takes readers through every stage with a full heart and immersive narration. . . . Author Sherry Chapman writes with literary confidence that makes readers feel as though they are in safe hands, even through the darkest and most emotionally precarious moments of this hard-hitting reading experience. Readers who have experienced similar sudden tragedies are certain to take heart and support when reading Chapman's account, and for those lucky enough to be ignorant of the experience, it's a true window into the soul and psyche that, once read, cannot ever be forgotten . . . How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss is an incredible and highly emotive work of memoir that is sure to touch the heart of anyone that reads it."" -- Readers' Favorite (5-star review) "". . . Chapman's prose offers vivid detail and self reflection. . . . A brave recollection of a shattering loss."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""How Much Big Is the Sky spares no difficult details as it describes the darkest and most unimaginable corners of a parent confronting tragedy. Yet the book's jagged chronology mirrors the experience and leaves on the reader the indelible impression that this mother has faced reality with enormous courage, described it with disarming clarity, and provided us with clear-eyed perspectives and rays of hope . . . Thank you, Sherry, for endeavoring to write this book and delivering such compelling honesty."" -- Tim Hollister, author, His Father Still; co-author, Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving"

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