Shapeshifter is an interactive memoir that weaves Amy Putney Koenig's personal narrative with original art and creative exercises. The book highlights how inherited grief stemming from the traumatic childhood death of the author's aunt Susan cast a shadow over generations. Putney Koenig tells her story in flash essays interspersed with both haunting and inspiring images. She explores the impact of Susan's devastating accident on her own childhood and how its echoes influenced her approach as an artist, mother, and death care worker. Anchored in the art of remembering, the slim volume offers an unflinching view of one woman's addiction, rebellion, recovery and forgiveness. Each chapter ends with prompts designed to help readers cope with loss by harnessing their own creativity.
Shapeshifter is an interactive memoir that weaves Amy Putney Koenig's personal narrative with original art and creative exercises. The book highlights how inherited grief stemming from the traumatic childhood death of the author's aunt Susan cast a shadow over generations. Putney Koenig tells her story in flash essays interspersed with both haunting and inspiring images. She explores the impact of Susan's devastating accident on her own childhood and how its echoes influenced her approach as an artist, mother, and death care worker. Anchored in the art of remembering, the slim volume offers an unflinching view of one woman's addiction, rebellion, recovery and forgiveness. Each chapter ends with prompts designed to help readers cope with loss by harnessing their own creativity.
