Mrs. Duck and the Woman

This book is a gift from the heart of a poet and grieving mother ... With just a few powerful words, Kara Jones describes the grief of a mother... and offers compassionate help ...
"Mrs. Duck and the Woman" is a small masterpiece.
~Elisabeth Hallett, author of "In the Newborn Year" and "Soul Trek"

 

*Free* eBook: Click here to get PDF download, approx. 468kb file size, over 90 pages of Expanded Mrs. Duck eBook: Story + Resource Articles, released by KotaPress under 10 digit ISBN 1-929359-21-7; 13 digit ISBN 978-1-929359-21-9.

No longer available: English Language Version, Original Storybook, released in 1999 by KotaPress under 10 digit ISBN 1-929359-00-4; 13 digit ISBN 978-1-929359-00-4.

No longer available: Spanish Language Version, Original Storybook, "La Senora Pato y la Mujer," released by KotaPress under 10 digit ISBN 1-929359-22-5; 13 digit ISBN 978-1-929359-22-6.

Coming soon: Revised editions of the English and Spanish language versions will be available print-on-demand via Lulu.com soon.

Distribution and Rights

We give permission for anyone downloading the ebook PDF:

  • To forward the PDF via email -- but please do NOT spam anyone!
  • To make up to 50 print copies to distribute FOR FREE -- not resale -- to share with other bereaved parents and organizations.
  • You must forward/copy intact as a whole work -- you do not have permission to alter, cut, or edit anything.
  • If you wish to use any part of this work in any publication that is for resale, you must get permission from us first!!

About the Original Storybook

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

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."