For ‘Bachelor’ Alum Abigail Heringer, Writing Her New Book The Deaf Girl Was ‘Very Emotional’ (Exclusive)

Abigail Heringer is opening up about the “very emotional” process of bringing her new memoir to fruition.

The season 25 Bachelor alum and deaf advocate, 29, tells PEOPLE that writing The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds was a product of the reaction she got to being the first woman in Bachelor Nation history to use a cochlear implant.

“Everyone just had so many questions,” recalls Heringer. “They want in-depth answers. ‘Is my child going to be okay?’ … And so my mom and I got together. We were like, ‘What if we wrote a book and just shared your experience, my experiences?'”

While her goal was to provide “comfort and support” to those with shared experiences, writing the book also helped Heringer to grow closer to her mother along the way.

“It was really fun. It was really sweet,” she tells PEOPLE. “I obviously knew how much she had done for us and all the sacrifices and everything, but to actually just sit down and go back to day one, and she was like, ‘Yes, this is what it was like with the diagnosis, all the emotions, everything.’ ”

Going back to “day one” was something Heringer says allowed her to learn about “the hard times” her family went through since her mom is usually “very positive.”

“I think she always just, whenever we talked about a disability, it was always with a positive spin and just if you want this, you need to work hard for it,” says Heringer. “But just seeing how much she went through behind the scenes, just the long hours with us, the frustrations, her going through her divorce, everything.”

Writing the book gave her additional context on parts of growing up that kids don’t necessarily get to see, when they’re in the thick of it.

“I think it was really eye-opening. While parents really do put on their best for their kids, there’s so much going on behind the scenes that we have no idea about,” she adds. “So it was really good to see it. Definitely very emotional, I think, to see all of that.”

In addition to her health journey, readers can expect to learn more about how Heringer handled her parent’s divorce, dating and what life was like for her as a kid.

When asked whether she would ever write another book, Heringer says she “shared everything I could have” and is prepared to “slow down a little bit” and enjoy the fruits of their labor being out in the world.

“I am very happy with this just kind of being my little passion project. But I mean, never say never. We’ll see. Yeah, we’ll see the impact,” says Heringer. “You have no idea what people think.”

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The Deaf Girl  is available to purchase now wherever books are sold.