Stone Path Press

03/09/2026

Thank you Annika Johnson & John Nelson for the feature on Door County Girl!

In this powerful Door County Girl interview, author Theresa Evans discusses her memoir “Choosing To Die” and the deeply personal story behind it. Watch the f...

03/04/2026

LOVE.FAMILY.GRATITUDE.LAUNCH DAY JOY.

03/04/2026

Yesterday was such a sweet and thought-filled day as Choosing to Day was officially launched. Surrounded by family and friends who have supported this authoring journey. My heart is full.

02/26/2026

Choosing to Die will launch next Tuesday March 3rd! I feel a quiet sense of anticipation as this story I have spent over three years birthing into a book will soon be read by others.

How will my story land? I know what I meant when I wrote it, and I also know that each reader will filter my words through their own lived experience.

I trust common threads will connect us.

Mothering…
Daughtering…
Family…
Love…
Gardens…
Laughter…
Tears…
Sickness & health…
Living…
Dying…
Grieving…

But mostly - showing up. Showing up for another unconditionally for this exquisite, complicated, layered journey we call life cloaked and supported by our presence.

Have a lovely week.

02/20/2026

Enter to win a free copy of Choosing to Die. Deadline is March 6th. I hope you win!!

Enter to win a free copy e-copy of Choosing to Die: A Daughter's Story of Supporting Her Mother's End of Life Through Assisted Death.

02/13/2026

What happens at the end of our life when it feels like we are loosing control and autonomy...

02/06/2026

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/432272-choosing-to-die-a-daughter-s-story-of-supporting-her-mother-s-end-of-li

Enter to win one of 100 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Feb 06-Mar 06, 2026. Author's Message: My hope is that readers walk away contemplating...

02/05/2026

OK folks, you might notice that I have been posting a lot of dishes, etc. on Market Place and the local buying/selling sites. I am helping someone settle their estate and he generously offered that anything I sell I can keep the $$ for my book promotion (which launches March 3) Promotion is costly. SO, come pick out some dishes or a tea set, or a bread machine - even if you don't need it. You can always donate the items and you support my book at the same time 🙂

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02/05/2026

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Paula Adams replied to your comment on When Death Becomes a Trend, We Lose the Truth.

"Thank you for sharing this, and congratulations on your upcoming book. What a powerful offering you’re bringing into the world. A story like that—told from the inside, told with love, clarity, and lived experience—has the potential to shift the entire conversation around end‑of‑life choice in this country. And I’m right there with you. Not everyone will choose MAID. Not everyone should. But every single person deserves the right to make that decision for themselves—without shame, without barriers, and without a system deciding whose suffering “counts” and whose doesn’t. Your advocacy matters. Your mother’s story matters. And your willingness to speak publicly about something so intimate and so often misunderstood is an act of courage that will help others feel less alone. Thank you for adding your voice to this movement. We need more people telling the truth from the heart of their own experience. Please send me the link or website to order your book I'd be honored to read it."

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02/05/2026

more of this... "

Paula Adams replied to your comment on When Death Becomes a Trend, We Lose the Truth.

Thank you for sharing this, and congratulations on your upcoming book. What a powerful offering you’re bringing into the world. A story like that—told from the inside, told with love, clarity, and lived experience—has the potential to shift the entire conversation around end‑of‑life choice in this country. And I’m right there with you. Not everyone will choose MAID. Not everyone should. But every single person deserves the right to make that decision for themselves—without shame, without barriers, and without a system deciding whose suffering “counts” and whose doesn’t. Your advocacy matters. Your mother’s story matters. And your willingness to speak publicly about something so intimate and so often misunderstood is an act of courage that will help others feel less alone. Thank you for adding your voice to this movement. We need more people telling the truth from the heart of their own experience. Please send me the link or website to order your book I'd be honored to read it."

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02/04/2026

CHOOSING TO DIE

A DAUGHTER’S STORY OF SUPPORTING HER MOTHER’S END OF LIFE THROUGH ASSISTED DEATH

by Theresa E. Evans ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 3, 2026

A heartfelt chronicle of a family’s reckoning with a complicated matriarch.

In this memoir, three daughters say goodbye to their mother at the end of her life.

Evans’ mother, approaching 80 years old and ravaged by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chose November 15th, 2020 (her 80th birthday), to undergo physician-assisted death. Such procedures are legal in 13 U.S. states and in Canada, where Evans was raised and her mother and siblings still live. With three months left until November 15th, Evans moved into her mother’s home to assist her—Evans was an ICU nurse—and cherish some last moments with her in this final phase of her life. Along with her sisters—who live locally to her mother—Evans ran through a gauntlet of taxing emotions. Although she is a grown woman and her mother was nearing her end, Evans often felt little had changed since childhood: “She really triggered all of my hardness toward her,” Evans texted her sisters. “I was fourteen years old again in that room with Mom telling me to shape up or get out…Feels familiar.” As her mother deteriorated, Evans found comfort in caring for her mother’s garden, a space in which the natural, expected cycles of life and death brought her some peace. As summer turned to fall and her mother’s procedure drew near, Evans and her sisters had to reconcile how to lovingly make their peace with a loved one who was also the source of longstanding hurt. Evans’ work is about the oldest subjects in existence—life, death, love, and family—and she ably navigates these turbulent waters, both as a writer and a daughter. She maintains a simple, clean prose style, even through the complicated decisions she had to make: “I feel nervous about making these decisions for Mom. Once again, my thoughts go to all the caregivers who are in the same spot as I am right now and have no medical background to support their decisions.” Her straightforward style allows readers an unfiltered peek at intimate, trying moments.

A heartfelt chronicle of a family’s reckoning with a complicated matriarch.

Awards & Accolades
Our Verdict:
GET IT!

Pub Date: March 3, 2026

ISBN: 9798993266336

Page Count: 290

Publisher: Stone Path Press

Review Posted Online: Jan. 15, 2026

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 2026

Review Program: Kirkus Indie

Categories:

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS | GENERAL BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR