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Abby Osman

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Abby Osman is a retired guidance counselor and psychotherapist. She has worked with young children, adolescents, and their families in public and private schools, in outpatient therapeutic environments, and within the juvenile and adult justice systems as an educator and therapist. In New England, Abby was a hospice volunteer facilitating support groups for survivors.

The mother of two sons, she lives in Ecuador in retirement with her faithful canine companion Piston. Her interest in travel brought her cruising down the Napo River in the Ecuadorian rainforest.

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Abby Osman It occurred to me that I had never encountered a piece of fiction that dealt with a man's grief. All I had seen were self-help books or memoirs. I fee…moreIt occurred to me that I had never encountered a piece of fiction that dealt with a man's grief. All I had seen were self-help books or memoirs. I feel it was an important topic that is just not discussed. I wrote Tanner's Grief because I wanted to change that.(less)
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“I just finished reading it [Tanner's Grief] and found it showed many sides of grief...often never talked about. Shared it with two friends yesterday...one has a friend that has been grieving many losses but too busy to stop and feel it. Personally I have believed unresolved grief is what's behind all of the anger, mass killings, hate etc.. So many are crying out but not allowing themselves to really cry through the inner pain and anguish as we are created to do as humans. I have seen this working with kids in schools...with hospice patients as chaplain, in spiritual direction one-on-one and pastoring a church. This is the first novel\book I have ever read Abby that deals with grief
in a way that can help those reading it have hope they can do this...and not believe they have to do it alone or with those in their family or friends. Getting the help they need isn't being unfaithful to anyone.

--A Retired Minister”
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“I was genuinely surprised to read a novel that shows many sides of grief experienced by the main characters...that just is not acknowledged in real life today. So many are crying out but not allowing themselves to actually cry through the inner pain and anguish as we are created to do as humans beings. I have seen this working with kids.in schoo!s...with hospice patients as a chaplain, in one-on-one spiritual direction and in ministering a church. This is the first novel\book I have read that deals with grief in a way that can help those reading it...and not believe they have to do it alone or with those closest to them without feeling they are being unfaithful to them. An inspirational truth-centered read! --- A Retired Minister”
Abby Osman, Tanner's Grief

“I was genuinely surprised to read a novel that shows many sides of grief experienced by the main characters...that just is not acknowledged in real life today. So many are crying out but not allowing themselves to actually cry through the inner pain and anguish as we are created to do as humans beings. I have seen this working with kids.in schoo!s...with hospice patients as a chaplain, in one-on-one spiritual direction and in ministering a church. This is the first novel\book I have read that deals with grief in a way that can help those reading it...and not believe they have to do it alone or with those closest to them without feeling they are being unfaithful to them. An inspirational truth-centered read! --- A Retired Minister”
Abby Osman, Tanner's Grief

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