2017-2018 Reader Views Literary Awards Finalist in Spirituality 2018 Feathered Quill Book Awards Program Gold Winner in Debut Author 2018 Feathered Quill Book Awards Program Gold Winner in Religious/Spiritual 2018 Feathered Quill Book Awards Program Silver Winner in Memoir 2018 International Book Awards Finalist on Health: Death and Dying "Munn’s debut memoir tells of her own journey of self-discovery after learning of a parent’s terminal illness. Rather than give in to grief, she embarked on what she calls a 'heart-opening journey'—one that she deftly and intensely recounts in this memoir. Throughout this book, the author skillfully describes the nuances of her visits with her mother as well as the deepening of their relationship. A remembrance that effectively captures the profound love between a mother and daughter."
—Kirkus Reviews

“The author’s friendly tone and relatable story make for an easy read that’s heartfelt and genuine. Her book provides an intimate look at a daughter’s love for her mother, and a woman’s fight to stay alive while enjoying every minute of it."
—Booklist
,br> "It is the honesty of Munn’s writing that makes this memoir worthy of praise. If you are facing the task of letting go of a loved one, Rebecca Whitehead Munn’s book can be a guiding light that helps you say goodbye."
—Reader Views

"A love letter and testament to an extraordinary mother, a shared journey through the garden of loss, and the metamorphosis that blossoms through courage and big, open-hearted love as grief subsides into wisdom and grace. Munn has penned an intimate gem of a book that shows how a willing sharing of a darkening path eventually leads to light. Beautiful!"
—Irene Allison, co-author of Stay, Breathe with Me: The Gift of Compassionate Medicine

"In The Gift of Goodbye Rebecca Munn offers a heartfelt chronicle of grief and transformation from living in fear to trusting her faith in something greater than herself. Like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, she shows us a path to freedom and the true self.”
—Linda Carleton, author of Elmina’s Fire

"Coping with grief is something we all struggle with, and the reader will surely see something of themselves in [Rebecca's] writing. This is her story of finding herself and sharing her most intimate conversations as she and her mother help each other learn how to say good bye. Readers will certainly be moved by [Rebecca's] story and will take away ideas about how to cope with their own grief.”
—Iris Waichler, award-winning author of Role Reversal: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents

"This deeply moving read is a vivid account of the author’s journey dealing with two of her life’s most catastrophic events—divorce and losing her mother to terminal cancer. The Gift of Goodbye is a reading experience for the heart, which will undoubtedly be breaking and repairing itself with every page turned.”
—Working Mother