<P> The sudden influx of blog readers who had learned of the tragedy through these media outlets led to Logelin receiving 20 - 30 packages a day from total strangers . He received formula coupons, diapers, clothing and gifts for his daughter, as well as gift certificates, books, and even beer for himself . His blog comments filled with words of advice and encouragement, his blog building up to tens of thousands of page views per day as he detailed his life with his daughter and reminisced about the nearly 13 years he spent with his wife . "In many ways, it's a love letter to Madeline and to Liz," he said of the blog in 2009, which still receives 15,000 hits a day . </P> <P> In 2009, Logelin left his job at Yahoo! and moved to India for two months with his daughter, where he began writing a memoir about his experience . India and its surrounding areas were a place of great significance for both him and his late wife--he had proposed in Kathmandu, Nepal, on the steps of a temple in Durbar Square, and the two had traveled through India together during one of his foreign work assignments, a year after they were married . It was during that trip that they visited the Taj Mahal and, upon hearing the story of how the monument came to be built, his wife turned to him with tears in her eyes and declared, "You would never do something like this for me ." The memory impacted Logelin so deeply that it prompted him to write his memoir . "Figuratively speaking, (the book) is my Taj Mahal to her," he explained in 2009 . "I'm doing what I can to bring that legacy back for her ." Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love details his courtship and marriage, as well as the moments surrounding his wife's death and the first year of his daughter's life without her mother . "Selfishly, I want her to know her mom through this," he has said . </P> <P> The memoir was edited by Amanda Englander of Grand Central Publishing, and published by GCP in April 2011, reaching #24 on the New York Times Best Seller List and #11 on the eBook list . An audio book read by Logelin was released as well . In April 2012, a paperback version with an added chapter, additional photographs, and a reading group guide was made available . </P> <P> Following its publication, Logelin was asked to appear as the keynote speaker for the Gaithersburg Book Festival in Maryland, as well as the Vascular Disease Foundation's annual meeting . He spoke on a panel with such writers as Dan Fante and Emma Forrest at the 2011 West Hollywood Book Fair, as well as at his late wife's alma mater, Scripps College, during a nationwide book tour . He has written an original article for the Huffington Post and has received extensive media coverage since publication, including appearing on Fox and Friends, BBC Outlook, Minneapolis' Kare 11, multiple radio shows, and in Los Angeles Magazine . </P>

Two kisses for maddy a memoir of loss & love