I wouldn't have met Piti if it hadn't been for a chichigua. To translate chichigua as a kite does not do justice to these beautiful creations of...
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Joan Didion can write, as her husband told her in "The Year of Magical Thinking," an account of the first year of her widowhood. Here she goes after what may seem a more macabre subject: loss of her daughter, of time past, and of functioning that comes with aging. She examines the grief brought by time's passage from an honest and very personal perspective, which turns out to be a lot shorter than Proust. Nonetheless, it packs a punch, on topics not quite taboo, but not widely addressed, as it opens a window on her life.
wonderful pictures, touching story. We need to have more points of connection with people in the middle east, and this book paves the way for young children and their parents.
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Blue Nights by Joan Didion
Viviann, January 19, 2012
Joan Didion can write, as her husband told her in "The Year of Magical Thinking," an account of the first year of her widowhood. Here she goes after what may seem a more macabre subject: loss of her daughter, of time past, and of functioning that comes with aging. She examines the grief brought by time's passage from an honest and very personal perspective, which turns out to be a lot shorter than Proust. Nonetheless, it packs a punch, on topics not quite taboo, but not widely addressed, as it opens a window on her life.The Day of Ahmed's Secret by Florence Parry Heide
Viviann, January 1, 2011
wonderful pictures, touching story. We need to have more points of connection with people in the middle east, and this book paves the way for young children and their parents.