Celebration of Sisters

It Is Never Too Late To Grieve

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Pub Date Nov 30 2021 | Archive Date Jul 31 2022
BQB Publishing | WriteLife Publishing

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For Judy Lipson, her sisters were her compass, constant, champions, and competitors and for thirty years she suppressed the grief of losing her two beloved sisters. Judy lost her younger sister Jane at age twenty-two in an automobile accident and nine years later her older sister Margie at age thirty-five to a twenty year battle with anorexia and bulimia. It was not until 2011 that Judy began her journey to mourn for Margie and Jane. Judy experienced the reality that those who lose siblings are the forgotten mourners and they are left to take care of their parents and children. The impact of their loss takes a back seat. Through her participation and work prescribed in a complicated grief study, Judy learned to restore her well-being, happy memories of her sisters, and the passion the three of them had for figure skating. By bringing her sisters and their memories together more present in her life, Judy found peace. To honor the memory of her sisters, Judy created and continues to hold, Celebration of Sisters, an annual ice skating fundraiser which benefits Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. This is the story of how Judy used her memories and their shared love of ice skating to come full circle. When she performs on the ice, Judy feels Margie and Jane on each shoulder guiding her and whispering in her ear, "Judy, you've got this." This is a story of love, grief, and moving forward, even years after the loss.

For Judy Lipson, her sisters were her compass, constant, champions, and competitors and for thirty years she suppressed the grief of losing her two beloved sisters. Judy lost her younger sister Jane...


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eBook ISBN: 978-1-60808-268-1

eBook ISBN: 978-1-60808-268-1


Advance Praise

“With her memoir Celebration of Sisters, Judy Lipson breaks her family’s traditional code of silence by sharing her story —stark, candid, and impassioned: a love letter to her sisters. By describing her role as the middle sister in a sister trio, and remembering the lives and premature deaths of both of her sisters—one to a car accident, and the other to a chronic eating disorder—Judy bravely faces these great losses, and in turn, moves through her grief. Told through vivid memories from early childhood through adulthood, the arc of Judy’s story engages the reader with its intimacy. The message, that talking openly about loss and mental health is healing, will resound with readers from all walks of life.

– Kamryn T. Eddy, Ph.D and Jennifer J. Thomas, Ph.D Co-Directors, Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professors, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

“Author Judy Lipson shares with her readers beautiful, poignant family memories that bring tears and smiles and ultimately presents a story of survival and yearning for better days. Judy’s book will touch your heart from beginning to end and inspire with the simple message, out of loss and despair there is hope.”

– Joanne Vassallo Jamrosz, author of the Skating Forward series

“Judy’s story is so moving, from the time she was a young woman up until now, building such strength through family tragedy. So inspiring!”

− Randy Gardner, Two-time Olympian, U.S. World Pair Champion

“With her memoir Celebration of Sisters, Judy Lipson breaks her family’s traditional code of silence by sharing her story —stark, candid, and impassioned: a love letter to her sisters. By describing...


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Available for book signings in author's home market of Boston 

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Article in Skating Magazine – Fall 2021 

Marketing in conjunction with Celebration of Sisters Fundraiser November 7, 2021 

Potential guest on Patricia Raskin Podcast 

Net Galley 3 months 2022 

Book featured on Open to Hope, Compassionate Friends, Centering Corporation 

Partnership Massachusetts General Hospital -meeting February 19, 2021 

Prepublication online buzz campaign  

Digital review copies available via Edelweiss  

Ebook spotlights and promotions  

Publisher website spotlights  

Focused library marketing  

Outreach to book groups  

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ISBN 9781608082674
PRICE $11.95 (USD)
PAGES 150

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