Deborah Slappy Pitts
Deborah Slappey Pitts is the author of national best-seller and the 2007 Infini’s best autobiography award for "I Feel Okay," a heart-wrenching account of love, loss, and inspiration. The sequel, "Shadow Living…Paintings of Grief," has also been honored as the 2007 YOUnity Guild Best Book of the Year Award and a 2007 National “Best Books” Awards Finalist. In" Shadow Living," Pitts chronicles her painful journey through despair after her husband succumbs to the silent killer disease, primary amyloidosis. A native of Americus, Georgia, Pitts travels the country as an inspirational speaker educating others about the devastating effects of amyloidosis diseases and the physiological and psychological effects of grief. Pitts is a member of the Church of Christ and is affiliated with the Christian Writer’s Institute, PMA, the Independent Publishers Association, and SPAN (Small Publishers Association of North America). Pitts has two sons, Clyde Daryl and Alex Keith, and resides in Columbus, Georgia, with her second husband, Marshall Pitts.
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Shadow Living...Paintings of Grief
Synopsis: "Shadow Living... Paintings of Grief" is the enthralling sequel to "I Feel Okay," the author's debut bestseller. In "Shadow Living...Paintings of Grief," the author shares an intimate story of survival during the first year after husband s death. The reader is weaved into a personal world of anguish, torment, and loneliness as the author languishes through endless days and nights of grieving the loss of her husband to the silent killer, primary amyloidosis. With brilliance and candor, the author chronicles the stages of the grieving process and skillfully walks the reader through personal episodes of pain, depression, and unnerving despair. Grief is personalized as a disturbing entity that disrupted the Slappey family life forever. With God as her refuge and strength, the author emerges from the shadows of grief to live again and to become a beacon of inspiration to others, coupled with an unwavering commitment to help others find their passageway through the murky depths of grief to a place of healing and peace.
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