You can feel the emotion poured into this book with every page turn. Sometimes Illness Wins is a beautiful, comprehensive guide to grief, perfect for young and old alike. Quinn, CMHC, CCLS, Psychosocial Program Coordinator Burn Center I am very grateful to have it as a resource. “Sometimes Illness Wins” fills a void in the grief support literature. This is a message that needs to be stated over and over again. This validates the idea that different people need different types of support. It also highlights the wide range of helpers who are out there. It normalizes the idea that we may need help at any stage of the grief – anticipatory or following the death. This book weaves the helpers into the very fabric of it. It says truths that might be hard to hear, but these truths are often what grieving people need to hear or read. It doesn’t hide feelings through religion or metaphor. It validates the emotional impacts of the process of treatment for illness and the fact that there are times when there are no more treatment options. I have found this book to be beautifully honest, gentle, and forthright. Regarding: “Sometimes Illness Wins” I wanted to thank you for creating a book that addresses mental and physical illness equally and without bias. Turns out, sometimes the book the world needs, would never make a bestseller list. Every editor and agent she pitched it to wanted Sometimes Illness Wins for themselves, but a picture book for grieving adults and children, didn't fit within their publishing areas. So she wrote the book she wished someone had been able to give her, Sometimes Illness Wins. None of them were as helpful as they could have been. Carrie also found herself being given a lot of books about grieving. When Adeline died in 2018, with Chester's Hoard unfinished, Carrie knew finishing her daughter's book would be an integral part of the grieving process. On good days Adeline worked on concept art.
Chester's Hoard was written in the hours it took to drive to and from the hospital twice a day. She wanted to be an illustrator and what better way to show off your illustrator ambitions than with a picture book? Adeline was also in the hospital at the time. Why does Filling the Gap Publishing exist? In 2017 Carrie's daughter, Adeline, was preparing to apply to Art School.
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