This is a beautifully written book about a truly awful thing and how two young parents found their way through it.

Hard to read but well done. I'm not sure how many people want a window into this kind of grief but for me, having a family member who experienced the loss of a child, I felt compelled to read it.

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A book that could move you to tears with the story of a young loss and life without a loved one.

Years ago, I must have been 8 or 9 years old, a book made the rounds of our family. The title was “Angel Unaware.” It was by Dale Evans and Roy Rogers, and it was about their daughter Robin who had been born in 1950 with Downs Syndrome and a heart ailment. She died shortly before her second birthday. That book moved me, young as I was. I think it was one of the first times I had confronted the idea of death. Jayson Greene’s book “Once More We Saw Stars” reminded me of that Roy Rogers and Dale Evans book about their own daughter they lost at about the same age as Jayson and his wife lost their daughter Greta. Jayson’s book is a chronicle of pain and grief and how two parents survive that pain and grief. The lengths to which they go to deal with their loss show the reader just how deeply rooted in their being it was. A trip to a New Age retreat camp, while almost comical in its strange but very new ageish rituals, showed just how desperate and willing Jayson and his wife were to find a way to live with the loss of their daughter. I’m not sure it’s accurate to say they eventually learned to “live with” the grief. They learned to understand it and to incorporate it into their lives with their new son Harrison. And they were determined to make sure that Harrison knew his sister, even though he would never meet her. This book was touching in a very special way because it wasn’t an attempt to gain sympathy from the reader so much as it was Jayson’s attempt to show the reader what two parents can do to find a way when reason, logic, and grief tell them there is no way. ( )

You read ONCE MORE and swear that this has to be a work of fiction! But no. The tragedy of Greta's death is real. Her work on earth was done and at the age of 2 was killed in the most bizarre way.

Her father, Jason Greene, has written a heart-wrenchingly open and honest memoir of life before and after this beautiful childs death. ( )

Once More We Saw Stars is a heartbreaking tribute to the author's two-year-old daughter that was killed in an accident. Jayson Greene puts into words all parents' worst fears - losing a child, and what comes next. He and his family's journey to find peace and acceptance in the face of unspeakable pain and tragedy brought me to tears multiple times while reading; tissues are recommended! Emotionally raw, beautifully honest, and a cathartic read that made me gratefully hug my own child extra tight. Definitely not a light read, but a worthwhile story. ( )