Widowed without warning in 2019, award-winning author Lisa Woolery offers honest hope, practical resources, and her memoir, The Widow's Comeback, for widows ready to rebuild.
Losing your beloved was never in your game plan. Your world shattered, and nothing feels the same. The life you built is gone, and you’re left wondering—What now?
You don’t have to figure it out alone. This is a place for widows who are ready to rebuild, to rediscover their strength, and to step into a future they never planned for—but one that can still be good. Really good!
Here you’ll find hope, healing, and real encouragement (no judgment or platitudes) from a widow mentor who gets it.
With resources, community, and mentorship, you don’t have to just survive—you can make a comeback.
What if you knew you'd be ok?
You're going to walk through some dark stuff… and you're going to be okay.
The Widow’s Comeback is an evocative memoir that shows the unfiltered side of becoming a widow and only parent—and the comeback story Lisa Woolery never saw coming.
No sugarcoating. No clichés. Just real, raw hope.
Widowhood isn’t just sadness—it’s identity loss, survival, and eventually, rediscovery. Lisa’s walked through it all, and so can you.
Get ready to feel more understood and inspired than you can imagine!
What Amazon readers are saying
★ 4.7 out of 5 stars from 77 Amazon ratings · Winner of the International Impact Book Award
“This book brought me comfort, laughter, and hope during one of the hardest seasons of my life. Lisa’s honesty made me feel understood and less alone as a widow.”
— Karie, Amazon review
“I cried and laughed with her as her story unfolded. It's the only book I've been able to focus on in my early days of widowhood.”
— Reader 99, Amazon review
Also in the series
The Widow's Comeback Guided Grief Journal
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The Widow’s Comeback: 365 Day Grief Calendar & Workbook
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Lisa Woolery is an award-winning and bestselling author, widow advocate, and founder of The Widow's Comeback. After two decades as a public relations executive, she was widowed without warning in 2019 when her husband, Eric, died suddenly, leaving her the only parent of two tweens. Now in Kansas City, Lisa writes with grit, humor, and raw honesty so other widows know they don't have to be perfect in the face of grief.
I love you, widow friends.
You’ve been knocked down. Let’s get you back up.
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