A Widow's Awakening

by Maryanne Pope

Do you believe in soul mates? What if the death of your soul mate meant the birth of your life-long dream?

A WIDOW'S AWAKENING is a fictional account based on the true story of a young woman’s struggle to come to terms with the on-duty death of her police officer husband who fell to his death while investigating a breaking and entering complaint.

Engaging, powerful, heart-wrenching, and at times humorous, this honest look at the first year of a widow’s grief captures the immense difficulty of learning how to accept the unacceptable while transforming loss into positive change—and is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

384 pages, Paperback

Published September 13, 2018

About the author

Maryanne Pope is the author of A Widow's Awakening. She also writes blogs, play scripts and screenplays. Maryanne is the CEO of Pink Gazelle Productions and Chair of the John Petropoulos Memorial Fund. Please visit http://www.pinkgazelle.com/ and http://www.jpmf.ca/ for details. To receive Maryanne's weekly blog, please subscribe here: http://www.pinkgazelle.com/contact/we...

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m having a difficult time writing a review for this book because I’m not sure how I feel about it. The book is about Maryanne Pope who loses her police husband in an “accident” even though she doesn’t want to call it that. I understand that Pope probably helped herself by writing the book but I thought it was too long and drawn out. She does go into a lot of thoughtful things about Christianity, Greek Orthodox, or is there more than just life here on earth. I suppose if you aren’t committed to a religion you might take this book as a means to start thinking about what happens after death and why were are really her. It did not of that for me. I do like the fact that she helped changed a law in her part of Canada about compensation of police widow’s. She does seem to want to do something helpful and useful with her loss.

[Jeannette · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Widow's Awakening follows the life of a woman whose husband is killed in the line of duty. As a fallen officer she receives his salary which frees her to do the writing that she would like to do. It follows her as she travels, grieves, battles constant reminders and phone calls.

I would not recommend this for an ultra-sensitive reader or one who is in a grieving period. It was a bit depressing to read.

I received this for free in exchange for an honest review.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Widow’s Awakening is a fictionalization of what the author went through when her Canadian policeman died on duty because of an unaddressed workplace safety issue. While trying to make sense of her loss her thoughts and experiences take her through a range of ideas, sometimes rants, about religion, environment, 9/11, and workplace safety among some of them. The one truth she finally realized is that everyone grieves in their own individual way. This was an interesting book about her journey and while this reader did not always agree with her conclusions or her politics, I, as one who also was widowed, have to applaud the effort to move forward one step at a time. I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of this book from NetGalley.

[Jane Doucet]

I loved A Widow's Awakening (and I'm not a widow). This story is sad, raw, unfiltered, passionate and—above all—honest. I rooted for Adri, whose police-officer husband died suddenly in the line of duty, from beginning to end. Kudos to Maryanne for baring her soul to the world and fulfilling her life's purpose.

[Jennifer Barclay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whenever I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself, a bit unhappy or grumpy, I should re-read this book, a novel based on a true story of a woman whose husband had a fatal accident when they were in their early thirties. It's not only a book about grief, it's an honest account of learning to live.