Name: Book Signing - Letters for My Father: Grief, Love, & Self-Exploration
Start: 2026-04-18T11:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-04-18T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Barnes & Noble (1565 Briargate Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO)

Book Signing - Letters for My Father: Grief, Love, & Self-Exploration

Dr. Louis Hoffman will be having a book signing for Letters for My Father: Grief, Loss, and Self-Exploration.
About Letters for My Father:
Letters for My Father explores grieving and making sense of a relationship between a father and son while also being so much more.
Written by the influential existential psychologist Louis Hoffman, who has worked extensively with grieving throughout his career as a psychotherapist, this is also a book of love, self-exploration, relational depth, and the world and realities that shaped his relationship with his father. As Hoffman journeys into grieving, he journeys into himself and into existence. The chapters include touching letters honoring his father, working through unresolved issues, seeking acceptance, exploring the realities of being part of a biracial family, and finding places of connection. Throughout, a holistic process of grieving is modeled.
As Letters for My Father illustrates, the grieving process is not just about trying to “get over” a loss. Many losses, such as the loss of a parent, are something we never get over but rather integrate and learn to live with in new and sometimes vibrant ways. Hoffman demonstrates that one can find a way to live with grief in a way that includes beauty, joy, and preserved connection alongside the pain.
Letters are also written to family members, colleagues, mentees, and others, illuminating the impact his father had upon people surrounding him while engaging in a communal grieving process. While reading, keep some tissue handy as Letters for My Father is sure to bring tears and prompt self-reflection from the reader.