Allison Gilbert is the author of "Parentless Parents: How the Loss of Our Mothers and Fathers Impacts the Way We Raise Our Children," now available everywhere books are sold. She is also the founder of Parentless Parents, a new and growing nationwide network of parents who have experienced the loss of their own mothers and fathers.

In "Parentless Parents," Allison explores how the way we parent is shaped by the loss of our own mothers and fathers; how marriages are impacted when one spouse is parentless and the other is not; and what creative steps parents can take to help children remember their grandparents.

"Parentless Parents" is a follow-up to her previous book, "Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents." Allison is also co-editor of "Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11," the only book of its kind to be made into a documentary by the U.S. State Department and distributed to embassies and consulates around the world.

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