Twenty-Nine Footfalls - Hardcoverby Debra Danz Solitario (Author) Twenty Nine Footfalls led Debra Danz Solitario to reclaim a functional heart, and kept all but her feet from falling. Through 29 photographs and short stories Debra pays tribute to her late husband's photography collection. Writing became her lifeline after her husband's fatal accident. In an attempt to confront grief, she divided the stories into categories based on Elisabeth K bler Ross's "stages of grief" model.