Published by KotaPress
   ISBN 1-929359-00-4
   In stock and available
   Price: $5.00

Mrs. Duck and the Woman - Retail
Poems & Photos by Kara L.C. Jones
Design by Hawk Jones

"I was very moved by Mrs. Duck; what a wonderful gift for not only grieving parents, but for ANYONE who's mourning a loss." -Rev. Joan M. McCabe

Mrs. Duck and The Woman is a story about the loss of a child and how to start over again after that loss. Through a dialogue between Mrs. Duck and Mrs. Woman, we find the beginning clues of how to start healing the grief.

These retail copies are available at only $5 per copy for anyone who has suffered a loss and is learning to live life after the death of a child. Each copy is artfully handmade with a vellum cover.

Please note: these retail copies are *not* for Sponsors. If you would like your ad printed inside each copy as we recommend for florists, hospitals, grief support centers, midwives, doctors, and other care givers, then please see the Sponsored Mrs. Duck and The Woman listing.

Excerpt
Mrs. Duck and The Woman

"Oh, but Mrs. Woman," the duck said,
"You can be with your child today."

"How?" asked the woman.

"Look around you, Mrs. Woman," said the duck.
"There is a whole world that needs love
and nurturing. Do that loving and nurturing
in the name of your child."

Author Bio
Kara L.C. Jones is a Kevin Smith fan, internationally published guerrilla poet and bookmaker, mother to a stillborn son, beginning belly dancer, and a million other things that will prevent you from shutting her in a box. And, yes, this is the same woman who sits on the Board for The MISS Foundation and the National Stillbirth Society. You can contact her through KotaPress if you are so moved. She and her husband founded KotaPress as a memorial to their son.

Editor/Designer Bio
"NightHawk" Jones has been a singer, composer, and song writer since Hector was a pup. You can often find him in various Seattle venues performing his music live with his poet wife. He also enjoys his work at KotaPress designing books and creating web sites--if you like what you see here, then you like his work. He and his wife started KotaPress in memory of their son Dakota.