MOSAIC BY LAURA GADDIS: A MEMOIR THAT WILL BREAK YOU, REBUILD YOU, AND LEAVE YOU UGLY CRYING IN PUBLIC
Portland, OR—MARCH 4, 2025—Listen up, book lovers, memoir junkies, and anyone who has ever had life knock them down: Laura Gaddis’s Mosaic is here to drag you through the trenches of grief, resilience, and motherhood—while making you feel all the feelings along the way. This is not your typical heartwarming, tied-with-a-bow story. This is raw, unflinching, and packed with the kind of truth bombs that will linger in your soul long after you turn the last page.
Mosaic follows Laura and her husband Jason through five years of pregnancy losses, high-risk pregnancies, and a NICU experience no parent ever wants. It’s about learning the hard truths of the medical world, redefining what it means to be a mother, and figuring out how to put the pieces of yourself back together when life shatters you into a million fragments. It’s messy, it’s beautiful, and according to early reviewers, it’s downright unforgettable.
DON’T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT:
📖 “Mosaic is a remarkable yet relatable story of what can be learned from life’s harshest moments. Gaddis’s writing makes space for all of it to shine through.”
—Pepper Stetler, author of A Measure of Intelligence: One Mother’s Reckoning with the IQ Test
📖 “To give loss its proper place in our lives requires new ways of telling our stories, and Gaddis shows us how to do this. Be prepared: you will be changed by this brave and tender memoir.”
—Daisy Hernández, author of A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir
📖 “Laura Gaddis went through it. She gets it. And she writes about it powerfully in Mosaic, her memoir of pregnancy, loss, hope, love, resilience, and joy.”
—Ann Hood, New York Times bestselling author of Comfort and Fly Girl: A Memoir
📖 “Gorgeous. Deeply moving. Incredibly felt. This book will resonate with anyone who has ever loved deeply or lost painfully. A must-read.”
—TaraShea Nesbit, author of The Wives of Los Alamos and Beheld
Mosaic is for anyone who has ever found themselves in the wreckage of grief, unsure of how to move forward. It’s for the parents who have faced the unimaginable. And it’s for every person who has learned that healing isn’t about “getting over it”—it’s about learning to carry the weight with grace.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Gaddis is a writer, book coach, and educator with a background in clinical psychology. Her writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has been featured in Thin Air Magazine, Pif Magazine, Vita Brevis Press, Kitchen Sink Magazine, The Dillydoun Review, and more. She has also written about parenting and mental health for Scary Mommy, Tiny Buddha, and The Mighty. Laura lives in Oxford, OH, with her husband, daughter, and a pug named Rocky.
AVAILABILITY
Mosaic is available wherever books are sold and is distributed by Asterism. Buy it, read it, and then call your best friend to process your emotions together. For interviews, review copies, or to send emotional support after reading, contact us.
CONNECT WITH LAURA GADDIS
📚 Website: www.lauragaddis.com
📷 Instagram: @lauragaddiswriter
Go ahead. Read Mosaic. Just make sure you have tissues nearby. 💔📖
