Unraveling Grief and Love: The Haunting Journey Within "Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell"
Respectful, non-judgmental, and poignant, Rosie literally comes alive through the inclusion of family photos, Sleigh’s Rosie poems, and a QR code linking to companion videos by documentary filmmaker Ed Robbins.
Sadly, publishers in today’s diminished memoir market have returned to the viewpoint that non-celebrity stories are risky. As Sleigh told Sari Botton, “the hardest thing was to find the right publisher/editor who would understand the book. Several did understand it, several simply said they didn’t know how to sell it.” Despite the odds, through Sleigh’s careful cultivation, Rosie blooms.
