Ten years ago, I had an accident eerily similar to the one that landed S.M. Kelly in the predicament she describes in Here’s Your Pill, Kitten. Did I really want to read about someone else suffering the shock, trauma, and pain of an out-of-the blue fluke fall that changes your life forever and the devastatingly painful ordeal of recovering from it? Been there, done that … don’t need to read about it. But I tiptoed into the book, and on the first page, Kelly had me. She sucked me into her world so completely that I tore through the book in two evenings, laughing and crying the whole way through. With a deft hand, Kelly pulls off the nearly impossible in Kitten!: she tells a dark and painful tale with laugh out loud humor. Loaded with regional flavor and hilarious cultural references, Kelly’s story doesn’t just lie on the page like most “a bad thing happened to me” memoirs; it explodes into your heart and grips your soul, and it still manages to entertain delightfully all the while. As if that isn’t enough, Kelly’s story is also an eye-opening education regarding the role of patient advocacy to prevent nursing home horrors and opioid overuse.
---Andrea Waggener, author of Alternate Beauty and coauthor of the Fazbear Frights young adult horror series.
 
Here’s Your Pill Kitten: How I Survived 90 Days in a Nursing Home is hilarious, scary, disturbing, heartwarming, educational, squirm-inducing and unputdownable. S.M. Kelly takes readers behind the scenes, exposing the underbelly of day-to-day life in a nursing home. This is a no-holds barred exposé of a deeply flawed system, being held together valiantly by a few dedicated professionals. By allowing us to witness her own vulnerabilities with complete candor, she gives her tale a level of authenticity that is both courageous and deserving of praise. The characters are a tour-de-force on their own; Dr. Swarthy Unibrow, Voodoo Princess, and Margo from Fargo, not to mention Sly Norman and Vito-One-Eye, deserve special mention but there are so many more who deserve to live on in a Netflix Special. 
---Mike Wicks, www.mpwicks.com, best-selling author of Built Not Born: A Self-Made Billionaire’s No-Nonsense Guide For Entrepreneurs (Tom Golisano with Mike Wicks), How Not to Sell: Why You Can't Close the Deal and How to Fix It, and How Not to Manage People: The Leadership Mistakes Keeping Your Team from Greatness
 
S.M. Kelly makes us privy to her riveting journey from having an unlucky accident to regaining her wellness. It tells a healing journey in no uncertain terms. What might be unexpected is the way Kelly takes us through the highs, lows, twists and turns with such vivid insights. You are quickly transported into her world – a world as unique and rich as only the mind of a gifted author could be.

Now, you may be wondering, “do I want to read a memoir focused around an accident and the ensuing healing process?” Kelly’s sword-sharp tongue and wit, steel spine, and oft-times hilarious side-notes, makes the answer a resounding “yes.”

Within its pages are stories of love, the intrigue and pitfalls of gossip, and caring and not-so-caring caregivers. Kelly skillfully draws the reader page by page into a little-known, misunderstood world of the American nursing facility from an outsider’s perspective. While these skilled-care facilities are supposed to be for healing, they can be places where we need a survival guide. Enter, Here’s Your Pill Kitten! Kelly survived, and in the end, thrived with courage, humor and style and turned her memoir into a crucial PSA for us all. I laughed, wept, felt anger and exhilaration. This is the power of Kelly’s story and the bravery with which it is written. As a healer with more than a few brushes with skilled-care facilities, I highly recommend this book.
---Stephanie Rose Bird is the author of seven nonfiction books and two novels. Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones is her COVR award-winning title. She writes in the Mind, Body, Spirit field on topics about the Earth and spiritual wellness. For more information, visit www.stephanierosebird.com

This is worth your time. A former nursing home patient writes an extremely engaging exposé of the industry, becomes a patient advocate, and does the work to help the rest of us connect with critical resources. Go look at the website and report back here whether you were inspired to immediately pre-order on Kindle like I was!
---Kimberly Rotter, Founder, An Army of Writers, http://anarmyofwriters.com/