Here and Hereafter is about what happens when mortality and eternity come together, often at times of life-endings, expanding human consciousness, connecting earthly life with afterlife.
The stories she likes best are interesting to both children and adults! Joy has three grown children and remembers the favorite story of each child-- which, she says, included something describing their unique personalities to this day.Joy Ibsen was raised on Hans Christian Andersen stories and still loves them."Reginald, the Cat Who Couldn't Sleep" is her first children's book and it may become a favorite book for children and adults who identify with Reginald in many ways. (Joy has published 6 books for adults. Her latest is "Pandemic Parables and the New Paradigm.)Yes, the author intends to write more Reginald books.