title: When Every Day Matters: A Mother's Memoir on Love, Loss and Life
author:  Mary Jane Hurley Brant 
description: "Mary Jane Hurley Brant haswritten an extremely emotional story of her experience with losing achild. When Every Day Matters will hit deep down in the soul of everyparent who reads this. Some parents may have experienced it themselvesand will connect automatically to her feelings....<br /><br />The book iswritten partially in the form of letters from the author to herdaughter. Throughout the year after the death of her 28-year-olddaughter Katie, MJH Brant constructed several letters that described her feelings and emotions. These were written to Katie and were in the form of diary entries that reminisced about all of the moments they sharedthroughout the course of Katie's decade-long sickness. After each diaryentry, MJH Brant went on to explain other things to the reader about the experience that the letter was referring to. She also included several"looking-back" reflections and inspirational quotes that her experiences put on her heart.<br /><br />Reading a book about a mother losing her child is a very emotional experience. I feel like every person who reads this will be touched in some way and will have a hard time keeping dry eyes. Due to her mother doing an exceptional job of describing her character, I really felt connected to Katie. At times, through the author's words, I felt like I could envision and hear the actual conversations beingdescribed.<br /><br />It was very heartwarming to read about how Katie wassuch an inspiration to others throughout her sickness, despite thetrials, fears, and pains that she had to be enduring. She had such astrong character and faith about her all the way up to her death. Hermother's beautiful way with words captured this spirit in such a waythat I can't even begin to describe it....I didn't find any fault withthis book. A few times, a word was misused in a sentence. However, thiswas very rare.<br /><br />I will rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. It is avery beautiful read, and you will feel very attached to the characters,especially Katie, after coming to the end of the story. It is hard tokeep tears back while reading. Some may find it difficult to read,especially if they have had similar experiences. However, I hope manywill give it a try, as it is very inspiring.'' <i><b>-by Line Book Club</b></i><br /><br />
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  Letter of Love
  
  by Virginia Henley
  
  Original Copyright 1996 © Virginia Henley
  
  Ebook copyright July, 2011 © Virginia Henley
  
  Cover Copyright 2011 © Marsha Canham
  
  Online edition published July 2011
  
  First published by Leisure Books, January 1996. All rights reserved. No part
  of this may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without permission
  except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and
  reviews.
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are
  products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to
  be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons,
  living or dead is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this
  publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
  electronic or mechanical without permission in writing from Virginia Henley.
  
  Chapter One
  
  "Your mother was a willful little jade," the queen said, thumping her fi