Update: just sharing... This book went on sale today!!!! All profits are donated to independent book sellers. 5+++++ Stars It really ‘did’ take a village to create this book......The humanity of this project moves me!!!! I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!Review soon! UPDATE:...A seed was planted.... ....A brilliant idea.....from Jennifer Haupt, author of “In The Shadow of 10,000 Hills”, ( incredible historical novel by the way), is the Editor of “Alone Together”. She tells us..... “I started by putting out fe...

We are experiencing an unprecedented time. A time, a trial of so many things out of our control. Yet, as this book makes very clear, we are not experiencing it alone.Interviews, poems, essays by some favored authors, as well as some new to me authors, describe their own experiences, feeling of this time. All the things we feel, not knowing what day it is, yearning for the chance to hug, see a loved one, fear of what will be left when, if this is ever over, are all things we share. There are humo...

First and foremost, a large thank you to NetGalley, Jennifer Haupt (editor), and Central Avenue Publishing for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.The emergence of COVID-19 hit everyone in different ways. Some people struggled to understand what was going on around the world, while others panicked about how they would make a living. Jennifer Haupt capitalised on these varying sentiments and found a number of collaborators around th...

I’m not usually a big fan of essays, but I do go there on occasion. When I saw the blurb on this collection, I knew I really had to read it. Jennifer Haupt has done an outstanding job gathering essays and poems from about 90 different authors. Most all of the contributions have the prevailing themes of feeling alone and struggling to move forward in times of crisis and grief. For me, the essays, none more than a few pages long, vary in quality. I think the majority are very good and are successf...

What an honor it was to read this book. I so admire Jennifer Haupt for pouring her energy and determination during the pandemic to compile this anthology. Every one of us is looking for a way to understand, to connect, and to relate during this time of isolation. Alone Together is a stirring, thoughtful, and honest collection of essays, poems, and interviews, written by dozens of talented voices from across the country. Just as we have all dealt with current events in our own ways, so have these...

thanks to netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.“don’t let me die alone.”covid-19 has changed everyone's lives and showed us how ephemeral our existence can be. people have faced different obstacles like the loss of a loved one, eviction from their housing, the dismissal from their jobs, among many other situations. "alone together" is a perfect depiction of the struggles the world is going through. it shows us how vulnerable certain group...

I have a comforting book to share with you today! A couple years ago I read the most brilliant historical fiction book set in Rwanda, a book I will never forget and one that remains on my favorites shelf; that book was written was by Jennifer Haupt In The Shadow of 10,000 Hills. Jennifer Haupt reached out to me a couple months ago because she edited an anthology of essays written during the Covid-19 crisis we are experiencing. They are all about connection and peace during a time that wreaks hav...

Jennifer Haupt – whose debut novel, In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills, I loved – in the Introduction of this collection states that although she considers herself an introvert, she needs balance to that as well. The daily rituals we have with friends, meeting for coffee, or even just acknowledging another person we don’t really know, but are familiar with by the routines of our lives. How she depends on those daily interactions to energize herself, to feel connected, they are her safety net.When the...

As the editor of this unique and timely anthology, I'm so excited for you all to savor each poems, essays, and interview. Uniting for a common good with 75 authors (55 in the print book and another 22 in the e-book edition) from diverse cultures and backgrounds was both a privilege and reward of putting together this Lovely Monster. She has developed a soul thanks to every one of them. She is our collective pain and our dreams. I hope she offers you what she has given me: possibilities. In telli...

An important book about grief, healing, love, and moving through difficult times, that gives back to the book community.

ALONE TOGETHER: Love, Grief and Comfort in the time of COVID-19BY JENNIFER HAUPTFirst and foremost I want to thank Jennifer Haupt and all of the other contributing authors for donating their time and efforts for bringing this amazing collection to the book industry for all of us to be able to find comfort and a human connection during this very uncertain time. All of us are struggling to find peace during this unprecedented pandemic. This is a truly heartfelt collection that I have read twice an...

This collection is marvellous, let me tell ya. COVID is driving me (and everyone else, it seems) insane. Being stuck inside, being forced to work to pay bills, being scared and anxious and worried... We're all in the same boat, even when we're not. We're all in this together. And this book reminds readers of this.Faith Adiele's The New Old Vocabulary showed me COVID from a very different angle. I'm up in Canada, just chilling at home, doing full time school and reading my little heart out. I'm p...

I'm happy to have an essay, about the uncertainty of the disease, my bookstore job, and the publishing world in general, in this anthology. Thanks, Jennifer Haupt, for having me in this amazing group of writers. The whole book contains so much insight, warmth, and humanity for everyone in this difficult time. https://www.powells.com/book/alone-to...

Description Summary: A scrapbook of stories from the various people who give life to the literature world, heart wrenching in it's brutal storytelling.Score: 3/5 I would like to thank Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions shared are my own personal thoughts. I love the idea and concept behind this book, and I think it’s a wonderful movement to help support the literature world that provides us with the much needed escapism we desperately need durin...