<p><strong>Loss. Hope. Love.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>The day Valerie discovered she was pregnant was the day her husband died.</em> She didn't know how to be a widow. Widows were old. Not twenty-six and pregnant. Valerie moved cross-country, gave birth, and found solace and healing in art, journaling, and alternative spirituality--discovering along the way how to be strong in the face of single parenting, dating, and reinventing herself after tragic loss.</p><p><br></p><p>If you like reading memoirs about ordinary people living through extraordinary circumstances, you'll love Valerie Ihsan's <em>Smell the Blue Sky.</em></p>