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New Book by Widowers Thomas Maschhoff and Charles Couch Tackles the Practical Side of Grief
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Thomas Maschhoff and Charles Couch have written "When Do I Change the Sheets?: A Guide for New Widowers Learning to Live Again," a book that grew out of a friendship the two men never expected to need. Their wives died within two days of each other, and in the aftermath, the neighbors found themselves facing not just grief but the smaller, stranger problem of how to run a household alone. The book takes its title from one of those questions.
According to the announcement, that question became a doorway into harder conversations about loss and what comes after it. The authors describe the book as part memoir, part survival manual, built on conversations with widowers across the country rather than on either man’s story alone.
Maschhoff spent more than three decades as a licensed mental health counselor and founded an Employee Assistance Program that, per the announcement, served tens of thousands of employees nationally; he has also written three psychological thrillers. Couch flew for seventeen years, with time in the Navy, corporate aviation, and a major airline. The publisher frames the pairing as one of clinical grief expertise alongside someone practiced at staying steady under pressure.
The book’s scope, as described in the announcement, runs from the seven stages of grief to more concrete territory: what to do with a dead spouse’s closet, how to relearn routines that used to be automatic, how to recognize scammers who target the newly widowed, and whether to consider new relationships at all. Each chapter reportedly closes with what the publisher calls "Widower’s Advice," practical takeaways rather than general comfort.
"We wrote this book because we couldn’t find it when we needed it most," the authors said in the announcement. "Our hope is that every widower who reads it knows they’re not navigating this alone."
The book is published through Christian Faith Publishing and is available at bookstores and through major online retailers including Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play, and Barnes and Noble.
Studio CarryOnHarry doesn’t often see a grief book built around a question this small and this specific — that’s precisely what makes the premise worth a look.
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Travis Anderson has published his debut book, "Rodger Ridiculous and the Clockwork Island," a children’s adventure built around a boy who believes instinct and creativity can get him through anything.
The story begins with an ordinary malfunction: Rodger’s RC car breaks down, and a strange ticking sound pulls him into the Clockwork Island, a world of gears, brass fittings and machinery that is slowly sinking and badly in need of repair. According to the announcement, the island becomes both a puzzle for Rodger to solve and, in effect, a classroom.
He doesn’t do it alone. Rodger is paired with a robot cat described as exacting and insistent on maps, order and instruction, a foil to the boy’s instinct to wing it. The publisher’s description frames the book around that friction: a boy who leads with spontaneity, a companion who leads with planning, and a story that argues the two aren’t really in conflict. "Being bold and being responsible aren’t opposing forces," Anderson said in the announcement, "they’re partners in any truly memorable adventure."
Anderson lives in central Pennsylvania with his wife and three children. The announcement describes him as a longtime writer of stories and poetry for his family, with this book marking his first published work. The book is published through Christian Faith Publishing and is listed for sale at bookstores and through Apple Books, Amazon, Google Play and Barnes & Noble.
Children’s books that pair a free-spirited protagonist with a more rule-bound sidekick are a familiar shape in the genre, but the clockwork setting gives this one a distinct visual hook. Studio CarryOnHarry will be curious whether Anderson builds out Rodger’s world in future volumes, or whether this is a standalone story.
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Mia Sanchez Miller has published a new memoir, "Moon River," recounting her journey from a childhood of poverty in the Philippines to a decades-long nursing career in the United States. The book, a 104-page paperback, was released in October through Page Publishing.
According to the announcement, Miller grew up in circumstances that offered little promise but held onto an early determination to pursue education and a life of service. The book follows that path across continents and decades, covering what the announcement describes as the trials and transformative moments that shaped her move from poverty toward the career she eventually built as a nurse.
Miller wrote the book after finishing that nursing career, describing it as something she wanted to leave behind for her grandchildren and for readers facing their own difficult circumstances. She noted in the announcement that "my story is their story", "proof that hope, combined with determination and faith, can carry us through anything." The publisher’s description frames the memoir around themes of family, faith, sacrifice and perseverance, and positions Miller’s own experience as a nurse and immigrant as the foundation of the account.
"Moon River" is available in paperback and ebook formats through major retailers including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play and the Apple iTunes Store, as well as through Page Publishing’s own site.
Studio CarryOnHarry sees these kinds of personal immigrant narratives as a steady, often underappreciated current in independent publishing, and we’ll be curious whether Miller’s nursing background gives this one a distinct voice beyond the familiar arc of the genre.
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