If Only Resources

Websites

Geithner's Author Site

Send a message to Corinna or write your own "I AM" poem here.

And Her Husband is the Treasury Secretary!

Geithner was finishing If Only while her husband, Timothy Geithner, was trying to save the U.S. economy. Dinner conversation must have been interesting at their house…

Make Some Baked Ziti While You're at It

We hope you never have to make a post-funeral dish, but if you do, here's how to whip up some baked ziti.

What to Say When a Friend is Grieving

Here are a few tips from PBS Kids on how to help a friend deal with a death in the family. It's okay—you don't have to invite them to your country club.

Articles and Interviews

Kidsreads Author Interview

Geithner explains to Kidsreads that "grieving kids are kids first, grievers second," and why she made Corinna thirteen-years-old.

The Muse Interview

The Muse asks Carole Geithner what advice she'd give to her younger self.

Video

What (Not) to Say

Geithner joins Book Girl to talk about If Only and comforting the bereaved.

How to Comfort a Grieving Teen

High school student Bridget Park, in a Tedx Talk at the University of Nevada, tells us what she needed to hear following her brother's death.

Death of a Parent

Geithner discusses her own mother's death on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show.

Images

Oh, Just Hangin' Out with President Obama

Here's Geithner with President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden the day her husband was sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury.

… After Which You Totally Need a Cup of Coffee

Here's Geithner in a decidedly more low-key setting—a diner.