Always a Sibling:
The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief
Thank you for helping me get Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief out into the world. You’re helping other bereaved siblings find a much-needed resource, and I can’t tell you how much it means to me.
We wanted to make it easy for you to post about the book on social media. So, below are graphics, photos, and text that you can incorporate into your posts. Feel free to use as little or as much as you’d like!
The basics:
The title of the book is Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief, or you can just use Always a Sibling. Please add the hashtag #AlwaysaSibling to every post (this will allow us to see and amplify your post!) and my handle on IG and TikTok is @anniesklaverorenstein.
Where to order:
The book is available to preorder from all major retailers.
RJ Julia (my local bookstore!)
Posts (IG/LinkedIn/Twitter):
We absolutely LOVE seeing images/videos of readers with the book, but we also wanted to make it easy for you by offering some pre-made graphics. Here are a few options:
Sample captions:
If you’d like to write your own caption, we would love for you to use your own words. But again we know how hard it is to find the time, so we have some sample captions below:
I hate that any of us need this book, but that doesn’t change the reality that losing a sibling is a significant loss that isn’t talked about enough. I look forward to reading it and finding hope and solace. Preorder it now anywhere books are sold and receive it this May!
More than 4 million American adults each year will lose a sibling, yet there isn't a modern resource guide available that speaks directly to this type of grief that at times can be overshadowed by grieving parents and spouses and made even more difficult by the complexities of sibling dynamics. That’s all about to change with @anniesklaverorenstein ‘s new book, Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief. Preorder it now anywhere books are sold and receive it this May!
If you or someone you love has lost a sibling then you know there are very few modern resources devoted to this devastating loss. That’s all about to change. Preorder it now anywhere books are sold and receive it this May!
In Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner's Guide to Grief, @anniesklaverorenstein uses her own story and those of others to create the empathic, thoughtful, practical resource that grieving siblings need. Divided into three sections: With, Without, and Within, it creates a framework that enables bereaved siblings to ground themselves in order to process and validate this often overlooked grief. Preorder it now anywhere books are sold and receive it this May!
@anniesklaverorenstein uses research, humor, and stories from grieving siblings to explore the significance of the sibling relationship - and the loss of it. Regardless of what your relationship with your sibling was like, this book sees you. Preorder it now anywhere books are sold and receive it this May!
Losing a sibling is a devistating, life-altering event, and yet we barely talk about it. Most grief books contain only a chapter (at most!) on this type of loss. Finally there’s a book for us siblings looking to understand and validate our grief. Preorder it now anywhere books are sold and receive it this May!
In addition, here are some shorthand descriptions of the book that you can pull from:
A practical, compassionate guide to sibling loss, with research, stories, and strategies from someone who’s been there
A framework to understand and process your grief while validating the significance of the sibling relationship
A resource for grieving siblings, by grieving siblings
Support for mourners dealing with the unique experience of sibling loss with practical strategies rooted in proven grief processing techniques, trauma recovery, and psychoanalysis