Children’s Book Review
Title: A Sister in Heaven
Author: Andrea Freedman
Publisher: Independent
Released: July 26, 2022
Pages: 16
ASIN: B0B7TFQSZB
Stars: 4.0
As someone who lost her sister and best friend, to ovarian cancer, at the age of 48, I genuinely appreciate the love, thoughtfulness, and compassion that went into creating this children’s book that speaks to how we can choose to deal with grief.
Andrea Freedman has written a beautiful, uplifting poem in A Sister in Heaven to help young people ages five to ten, deal with the passing of their sibling. If you believe in Heaven, and many parents would encourage their children to believe, this book will undoubtedly help to ease the pain of your loss. It reminds us that our loved ones would not want us to mourn them for a long time, although, in my experience, the grief never truly disappears. It changes us profoundly. But one thing is certain, the love between sisters never goes away.
Andrea says, “After losing my sister about a year and a half ago, I began to think about all the kids in the world who have had to face the death of a loved one, especially a sibling. I wrote this story with the hope of possibly helping even one grieving child out there make sense of a loss and feel just a little less sad.” She has succeeded with her intention.
Although the book is described on Amazon Kindle as “a work of fiction about two sisters, one of whom has passed away,” I would call this book an inspirational poem. However, I am a poet, and that’s how I often see the world.
The standard picture book page count is 32, so this one is short at 16 pages. However, they are 16 colourful pages with lovely digital art by Jim Campbell. In my humble opinion, there are images within the book that could have been chosen for a more striking cover.
A Sister in Heaven can be purchased at the following locations:
In-store only:
Book City, 1430 Yonge St., at Yonge and St. Clair Ave. in Toronto
In-store and online:
Joseph’s Inspirational, #39-2721 Markham Rd., Toronto
https://www.josephsinspirational.ca
Forster’s Book Garden, 266 Queen St. S., Bolton, Ontario
https://www.forstersbookgarden.ca
Israel’s Book and Gift Store, 441 Clark Ave., Thornhill, Ontario
https://www.israelsjudaica.com
E-book version on Amazon Kindle:
https://www.Amazon.com/Sister-Heaven-Andrea-Freedman-ebook/dp/B0B7TFQSZB
Purchases can also be made through the author directly at andrea.freedman@hotmail.com.