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Published by She Writes Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Table of Contents
About The Book
On the day that she decided to marry a widower—also a long-time friend—Betsy Graziani Fasbinder knew that she wasn’t only gaining a husband, she was inheriting a son. Unlike many stepmothers, Betsy didn’t have to struggle with an ex, or court battles, or the weekend shuffle between houses—but she did have to navigate living in the shadow of a young mother taken too soon, to honor the memory of her son’s first mother, and to become the kind of parent and partner she herself wanted to be. Over time this family would learn how love’s roots were formed in their shared losses, and how the new family love and joy they created together would become the richest kind of inheritance.
Product Details
- Publisher: She Writes Press (May 9, 2017)
- Length: 256 pages
- ISBN13: 9781631521997
Raves and Reviews
2018 IPPY Gold Medal Winner in Best Regional E-Book—Non-Fiction 2018 International Book Awards Finalist in Autobiography/Memoir 2017 Foreword Indies Finalist in Adult Nonfiction—Family & Relationships “A memoir filled with truth, brutal honesty, poignancy, and heart. It is a love story, a simple love story filled with massive moments; moments that will leave you breathless.”
—Amy Ferris, author, Marrying George Clooney, Confessions From a Midlife Crisis
“Readers will love Filling Her Shoes, a big-hearted memoir. Fasbinder tenderly takes us through years of love and loss constantly weaving tattered threads of a family together into a tapestry of joy, commitment, and, ultimately, renewal.”
—Linda Schreyer, TV and screenwriter, co-author of Tears and Tequila
“Filling Her Shoes is a memoir that will make your heart sing, even if you've never been a step-mother. You'll feel happier when you read this book, your faith confirmed in the best of our humanity and the power of love.”
—Linda Joy Myers, President/Founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers, Author of Don’t Call Me Mother and The Journey of Memoir
“With breathtaking honesty, Fasbinder chronicles her family’s messy and imperfect journey of becoming a family under the most unlikely of circumstances, and dares our cynical selves to believe that hearts shattered by loss can be made whole again.”
—Hollye Dexter, Activist, author of Fire Season: My Journey from Ruin to Redemption
"Fasbinder writes with a graceful honesty that is both refreshing and timeless. Hers is a hopeful, heartfelt journey where deep laughs alternate with moments of profound loss. A beautiful and inspiring testament to the resilience and healing power of family."
—Booklist
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