Joann O’Leary recently published her new book with co-author Sarah Vollman, Born Into Loss: Shadows of a Deceased Sibling and Family Journeys of Grief. Subsequent siblings, who are sometimes referred to as replacement children, are people who were born after the death of a brother or sister. This non-fiction, self-help, psychology book breaks new ground by assembling rich and heartfelt life stories from a diverse group of subsequent siblings while also weaving in clinical literature and discussion.

Joann O’Leary has a PhD, MPH from the University of Minnesota, and MS in Psychology from Queens University Belfast, NI. Endorsed as a Level IV research mentor in Infant Mental Health. She was a 2018 Fulbright Specialist at University College Cork. Her research focuses on how perinatal loss and the pregnancy that follows impact families and has spoken nationally and internationally on this topic. Her book will be available for purchase on Amazon.com on December 3.