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I read this book in the spring of 2008 and am still having dreams about it as the brightly colored leaves of autumn begin falling here in Maine. The story got under my skin and I carry it like a faint tattoo. The characters took me places that I did not want to go, and yet I am grateful for the journey.
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As the daughter of one librarian and the Goddaughter of another, my veins are full of book dust. If there are libraries in heaven, and Momma insisted that there would be, she is most certainly checking out Anne's marvelous book.
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As the Bush-Cheney administration continues to hide the final homecomings and the grieving families of our men and women dying in Iraq and Afghanistan; we must rely on those whose have ability to follow and to record pain in order to tell us the stories we need to hear. Jim Sheeler's incredibly respectful and painful book should be required reading for anyone who intends to cast a ballot in this fall's election.
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I am a "grief junkie" - reading everything I can get my hands on that will teach me about loss; most especially how to live through it. This book offered me truth; the truth of rage and of the scorn for those who think their platitudes can ease your pain. The truth of time; that it can take years to put away the shoes or clean the room. The truth that life, however, does go on. And the truth that the heart is created to heal. It is not just that the heart has the capacity, it has the purpose. Ann Hood lets the truth of that purpose speak. Her work is a blessing.
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When new friends see my shelf of books about loss and grief, I have been asked questions such as "Why so many? Haven't you found what you are looking for?" No, I haven't, not yet. But Elegy brings me much of what I have been seeking. The language of loss, best expressed in poetry, best written by those in great pain. Mary Jo Bang knows where it hurts. When my own losses are too great for words, I can seek solace in this beautiful book.
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Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand
Pat Shannon, October 3, 2008
I read this book in the spring of 2008 and am still having dreams about it as the brightly colored leaves of autumn begin falling here in Maine. The story got under my skin and I carry it like a faint tattoo. The characters took me places that I did not want to go, and yet I am grateful for the journey.(9 of 20 readers found this comment helpful)
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Pat Shannon, July 16, 2008
As the daughter of one librarian and the Goddaughter of another, my veins are full of book dust. If there are libraries in heaven, and Momma insisted that there would be, she is most certainly checking out Anne's marvelous book.(17 of 25 readers found this comment helpful)
Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives by Jim Sheeler
Pat Shannon, June 6, 2008
As the Bush-Cheney administration continues to hide the final homecomings and the grieving families of our men and women dying in Iraq and Afghanistan; we must rely on those whose have ability to follow and to record pain in order to tell us the stories we need to hear. Jim Sheeler's incredibly respectful and painful book should be required reading for anyone who intends to cast a ballot in this fall's election.(2 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
Comfort: A Journey through Grief by Ann Hood
Pat Shannon, June 3, 2008
I am a "grief junkie" - reading everything I can get my hands on that will teach me about loss; most especially how to live through it. This book offered me truth; the truth of rage and of the scorn for those who think their platitudes can ease your pain. The truth of time; that it can take years to put away the shoes or clean the room. The truth that life, however, does go on. And the truth that the heart is created to heal. It is not just that the heart has the capacity, it has the purpose. Ann Hood lets the truth of that purpose speak. Her work is a blessing.(7 of 15 readers found this comment helpful)
Elegy: Poems by Mary Jo Bang
Pat Shannon, May 5, 2008
When new friends see my shelf of books about loss and grief, I have been asked questions such as "Why so many? Haven't you found what you are looking for?" No, I haven't, not yet. But Elegy brings me much of what I have been seeking. The language of loss, best expressed in poetry, best written by those in great pain. Mary Jo Bang knows where it hurts. When my own losses are too great for words, I can seek solace in this beautiful book.(20 of 36 readers found this comment helpful)
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