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Born: 1974  South Korea
Parents: James H. Vande Vusse and Nancy A. Meekhof
Spouse: Deceased
Children: No Children
Address(es):
Permanent:
P.O. Box 300555
Drayton Plains, MI 48330
Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.kristinmeekhof.com

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	A widow's guide to healing : gentle support and advice for the first 5 years - with James Windell.	Non Fiction	Adult	Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, Inc.	2015

What is the aim or goal of your writing: The impetus for my book was my personal loss in 2007 when I was 33, my husband died. About eight weeks prior he was not feeling well and it was found that he had adrenal adrenal cancer. Although, I have a Master's degree in social work, nothing prepared me for this loss. I spent about 3 years reading everything I could about death and the effects it has on people but I couldn't find anything that had the narratives of widows. I spent 3.5 years interviewing as many widows as I could. Their educational, religious financial backgrounds varied as well as their ages. The causes of death also ranged from but were not limited to: suicide, substance abuse, cancer, 9/11, accidents, heart conditions, natural causes. I put their stories together along with practical advice from experts in this book.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

I am deeply honored to have cover blurbs from Deepak Chopra, MD, and Maria Shriver. Katie Couric also did an interview with me for Yahoo News and it is on the Yahoo website and my website. She endorsed the book as well in in her weekly newsletter.

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