Ashley Brown
A Tail of Grace
In this collection, Ashley Brown takes us with her on a journey she purposefully devoted to grieving the loss of her soul-dog, listening, learning, and looking for home within herself, without her constant companion. She shares moments and reflections on this transformative year—her travels, anxieties, encounters with wild animals, solitude, foster dogs, relationship challenges, and finally, adopting a dog and moving. In each story from both her literal and spiritual adventures, Brown seeks the wisdom found in nature, the opportunity born from lostness, the beauty in the messes, the grace laced within the pain.
Letters to the Daughter I'll Never Have
In this collection of letters to her imaginary daughter, Brown navigates the gut-wrenching territory of making the decision to opt out of parenthood. Sometimes brutally candid, sometimes funny and heartwarming, the book takes readers with Brown on the journey to reconcile her grief and relief in the choice to forgo creating the experience of being a mother. The letters move through her "daughter's" life as she grows up and discuss everything from why Brown isn't bringing a child into the world to what values she would try to teach her if she were real.
Awards:
2018 Foreword INDIE Book Award Finalist
Runner-up San Francisco Book Festival
Honorable Mention New York Book Fesitval
