Download the first chapter of So, Your Parents Are Dead...

The debut book from T.O. Whenham: adult orphan, writer, and storyteller. So, Your Parents are Dead... examines the ways that losing a parent (or two) kicks your ass, and how fighting back can take many forms.

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    No Sugar Coating

    No "everything happens for a reason" bullshit - just honest talk about what actually happens when your parents die and you're left to figure out adult life without your safety net.

    Hard-Won Wisdom

    Stories and insights from 17 years of figuring this out the hard way (or, often not figuring anything out at all), including the stuff nobody warns you about and the questions you'll wish you'd asked before it was too late.

    Practical Reality

    Real guidance for navigating inheritance (the emotional kind and the other kind), handling people who think you should be "over it" by now, and building a life that honors their memory without becoming a shrine.