RUTH‑ANN THOMPSON Book Ruth‑Ann
THE COLLECTION

Twelve titles. Two very different shelves.

Small companions for hard seasons on one side; picture books for the open field on the other. Same voice behind both.

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Dancing in My Tattered Pink Dress

Widowed at age 24, she poignantly tells her story here: the book the grief seminars grew out of, written with the same honesty and humor she brings to a room.

Ruth‑Ann Thompson smiling, hand resting at her chin, among pine trees
The cover of Dancing in My Tattered Pink Dress, showing a young girl mid-twirl in a pink dress, photographed in duotone with pink roses framing the image
PHYSICAL

Dancing in My Tattered Pink Dress

The memoir

$30

The cover of Dancing in My Tattered Pink Dress, showing a young girl mid-twirl in a pink dress, photographed in duotone with pink roses framing the image
DIGITAL

Dancing in My Tattered Pink Dress — Digital

Ebook edition

$15

The cover of Sibling Loss, showing an empty park bench under autumn trees at sunset
PHYSICAL

Sibling Loss

Grief companion

$30

The cover of A Thin Place, showing a pale bare tree painted against a watercolour wash that runs from cream and gold at the top through green to deep blue, the trunk mirrored below as though standing in still water
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CD - A Thin Place - Where Heaven Touches Earth

Grief companion

$5

The cover of the CD I’m Still Here by Kirk Thompson, showing a bare tree on a hillside above a bank of red and green spring undergrowth
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CD - I'm Still Here (by Kirk Thompson)

Grief companion

$5

The cover of In The Garden, showing Ruth‑Ann Thompson resting against a tree trunk among yellow daylilies, with a brick path curving away through a flower garden behind her
DIGITAL

In The Garden — Digital

Grief companion

$5

The cover of Harmony in the Open Field, showing an illustrated squirrel in glasses walking with a child through a golden autumn field
PHYSICAL

Harmony in the Open Field

The Open Fielders

$15

The cover of Connections in the Open Field, showing two illustrated acorn characters smiling together against a blue sky
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Connections in the Open Field

The Open Fielders

$15

The cover of Contentment in the Open Field, showing an illustrated acorn character sleeping peacefully in bed under a full moon
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Contentment in the Open Field

The Open Fielders

$15

The cover of Puzzles in the Open Field, showing illustrated fruit and vegetable characters assembled as jigsaw-puzzle pieces
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Puzzles in the Open Field

The Open Fielders

$15

The cover of Oogie Googies in the Open Field, showing a smiling illustrated acorn character with arms flung wide against a sunrise
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Oogie Googies in the Open Field

The Open Fielders

$15

The Children’s Books Bundle: all five Open Fielders titles stood together, Harmony, Connections, Contentment, Puzzles and Oogie Googies in the Open Field
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Children Bundle Books

All five, free shipping

$55

Children Bundle: all five, one box.

$55
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