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Writer, mom of three boys, bereaved parent, accidental poet. Read, watch, and listen here: https://www.katierizzo.com/media

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Sunday afternoons are for poetry. 🖋️
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And we have only one more sunday until None of Them Are You is out in the world.
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Remember, if you are a Phoenix Valley local, Katie will be signing and selling advanced copies of her poetry book at @mesaartscenter for their Dia de los Muertos Festival next weekend on October 24 & 25.
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These copies will be limited edition, with a special redesign on the inside to commemorate this event, so please drop by and grab your copy early.
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Can't wait to see you there. 🌼
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#bereavement #bereavementjourney #griefjourney #díadelosmuertos #poetry

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Mindful Monday ✨ Here’s two recent Nonficiton releases at the top of my TBR that I’m looking forward to reading.

💙 The Trimesters of Grief by Katie Rizzo
🩵 Letters to a Young Therapist by Mary Pipher

✨💖 Thank you to the authors and publishers for the gifted copies!

💬 QoTD: What’s something that put a smile on your face this weekend?

🔖 Grief • memoir • books that focus on mental health • book mail is the best mail

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Big thank you to @explorebooksaspen for hosting our Katie Rizzo alongside Allison Daily this past Friday night. 🖋️
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Katie sold some early copies of None of Them Are You and spoke about the experience, strength, and hope that comes alongside addiction, loss, and neverending love for our children.
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The proceeds of None of Them Are You from this event are being sent right to Aspen Pathfinders, another wonderful facility to support for anyone looking to give back.
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Thank you again to the cutest little bookshop in Aspen and thank you to all the family and friends who turned out for this intimate gathering of hope and inspiration.
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#grief #griefjourney #griefsupport #community #hope

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Happy World Mental Health Day 🧘🏽‍♀️

The company I work at always gives a half-day holiday in celebration of World Mental Health Day - how cool is that?! I spent my extra free time yesterday after work having lunch with my hubby and then spent a few hours organizing my books.

I started a re-organization a little while ago but never finished. My fiction shelves are organized alphabetically, with the exception of two long shelves in the middle for my top of the TBR, currently reading, and recent book mail. It was lovely finishing up that project. It’s amazing how calming it is to walk into a room without piles of books. 😅🤣🥰

💬 QoTD: What’s something that you find calming? OR How do you organize your bookshelves?

🔖 Shelfie • mental health • organization • taking time off
🔖 Bookish goodies from @epiloguebookco • witchy artwork from @brittanykellerart

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Preorders for None Of Them Are You have *finally* populated on Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org, and your local indie book seller.
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If you have loved the poems we have shared this far, you can even leave an early review on Goodreads.
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We love every single one of you who has liked, shared, and commented on these posts. And we hope, come November, you love this collection as much as we do.
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#preorders #griefpoetry #griefjourney #griefsupport #indies

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How do you survive the unsurvivable? Katie Rizzo’s moving memoir and self-help guide documents the profound weight of losing a child to addiction. It offers a compassionate path forward, showing readers how to nurture, share, and live alongside their grief.

Available today.💙

#booksbooksbooks #memoir #bookstagramreads #books #selfhelpbooks

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The Trimesters of Grief by Katie Rizzo @katierizzo007 @koehlerbookspub

Pub date: October 6, 2026

A child grows for nine months, three trimesters of three months each, before emerging into the world. That child is supposed to stay in this world long enough to mourn his parents’ deaths, not precede them to it. That’s not how things work all the time. When a child dies before a parent, how does that parent carry on? In this memoir/self-help book, Rizzo shares her journey with grief, organizing the time into trimesters, carrying grief as one carries a child.

This heartrending book tells the story of Nicholas Rizzo, Katie’s oldest child, who died by accidental overdose from the disease of addiction at age 25. I felt a special connection because my oldest child, also a son, was born the same year as Nicholas. My son is alive and well but it could’ve been otherwise. We never know what life has in store for us. Having a family member struggle with the disease of addiction is brutally difficult all the more because some don’t understand it in the same way we understand cancer or other diseases.

Reading this memoir is a gut wrenching experience with unexpected moments of hilarity. Rizzo is open and honest about her thoughts and feelings. The love she feels for her son is palpable. The anguish is as well.

In addition to relating her story, Rizzo gives practical tips and advice on how to deal with consuming grief.

One thing I came away with is the courage it takes to live through deep grief, every day, every moment, one must decide to keep going and do the best one can.

QOTD: What is something you do when you are feeling depressed, overwhelmed, or grief-stricken?
AOTD: I find it helpful to go outside, breath deeply, and look for one beautiful thing in my life or the world.

#grief #thetrimestersofgrief #katierizzo #memoir #childloss

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We're biased but we sure do like where this dream is headed.
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If we're not on your shelves yet, we will be.
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#readers #artists #writers #publishers #dreams

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Kirkus gave The Trimesters of Grief a glowing review.

We are now less than a week away from release. Audiobook narrated by Erica Sullivan, print, and e-book all available for pre-order. An incredibly moving book, and one that prompts deep reflection. @katierizzo007 has written something truly special.

@blackstonepublishing and @koehlerbookspub have done a terrific job partnering with us on this. Thank you.

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