Stone Path Press

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

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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

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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02/05/2026

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

01/19/2026

01/13/2026

A winter wonderland… perfect day to cuddle up with a book!

The reviews are starting to come in from those who have read Choosing to Die. They are favorable, some even more than favorable. What I find fascinating about the whole process is the way others interpret my words. Each individual finding the particular part of the story that spoke to them or didn’t speak to them.

How we respond is based on our lived experience. Every response we have arises out of the bits and pieces of matter that have caught the attention of our nervous systems and we either decided to pay attention or not to pay attention. I know that even not paying attention requires attention…

Words are powerful. They create meaning. They should be used with care. These days, words are being used as weapons. As I have little experience with weapons (yes, I am a Canadian), I find myself searching for ways to avoid being hit, so to speak. I have friends who admire their weapons, and I marvel at our differences even though I don’t understand.

So, for those of you who would love to curl up on these cold winter days and read an advanced reader copy of Choosing to Die, hit the link or the widget at the bottom of this post. If you do not have a Net Galley account you will need to create one once the link takes you to the site. My ask is that you leave a thought-filled review after reading the book. Use your words to convey the essence of your experience. Don’t concern yourself with how I feel - remember, I am a Freedom Cultivator! Freedom is expansive and has room for all considerations.

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01/06/2026

When I began to write Choosing to Die, I had a burning desire to share one of the most remarkable journeys I had lived through in my sixty-plus years. It was a labor of love. Writing became the tool that let me settle into the reality that Mom was gone in her physical form. It reminded me of the rich journey we had traversed together as mother and daughter. All of it - the messy and the magical.
Now it is a mere 8 weeks until the book will launch and my words make their way into the hands of those who choose to read it. It is thrilling and frightening at the same time. Each of you will now interpret my message through the filter of your own life experience.
I hope it causes you think about death in a new way. As a journey that starts long before we are actively dying. As a ceremony that asks us to prepare with so much forethought and care. As a transition that is not an ending but a new beginning. As a part of life.
Welcome to 2026.
Peace,
Theresa Evans

12/22/2025

It has been a minute since I have written. My nervous system needed a break. The learning curve required to promote and launch a book has been like all of life - full of highs and full of lows and then all of the moments in between. I am ready for all of it - just pacing myself :-)

The audio book is almost complete! I will go into the studio one more time for some final edits. The ebook is now available for presale on amazon along with the hardcover and softcover.

Thank you everyone for your support for this project. I read something today that reminded me how important perspective and connection is…

“After spending 178 days aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Ron Garan returned to Earth …. with a transformed understanding of humanity itself.

From orbit, Earth doesn’t look like a collection of countries, borders, or competing interests. It appears as a single, radiant blue sphere suspended in darkness. No lines divide continents. No flags mark territory. From 250 miles above the surface, every human conflict suddenly looks small — and every human connection looks unavoidable.”

We are all connected. Carry this knowing with you. I believe when Mom flew out of her body she became this perspective.

My wish for all of us is that we remember our connections to ourselves and to all of humanity. That we show up and hold each other in the arms of loving-kindness. That we remember our birthright so when death comes we are ready.

Peace,
Theresa

12/06/2025

Preface - Part II. Preorders are available now at theresaeevans.com Please share and follow me. Let grow the possibility of choice and conversations around death. There is no right or wrong... curiosity and contemplation lead the way.