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Generation Loss
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Elizabeth Hand
Pat Shannon
, October 03, 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.
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Ex Libris Confessions of a Common Reader
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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.
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Final Salute A Story of Unfinished Lives
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Jim Sheeler
Pat Shannon
, June 06, 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.
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Comfort: A Journey Through Grief
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Ann Hood
Pat Shannon
, June 03, 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.
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Elegy
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Mary Jo Bang
Pat Shannon
, May 05, 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.
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Our World
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Mary Oliver
Pat Shannon
, April 22, 2008
My favorite poet, whose lines are most often on my lips in times of sorrow or great joy; whose descriptions of the wildness in the world give words to my experience in my own wild landscape.... my favorite poet has now given me a window into her own world and the love of her life. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I did not know there was a Molly for Mary and although I am so very sorry that she is now gone; I am profoundly grateful for Mary's sharing of their life and their work and their love of this world and of each other. A beautiful tribute to Molly's fine work and a gift to us all.
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Healing Touch True Stories of Life Death & Hospice
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Richard Russo
Pat Shannon
, April 22, 2008
This is a perfect little book. Small in size, elegantly illustrated and beautifully written. Each of the stories provides a glimpse into terrible loss and the beginning of hope. My favorite story is the one by Wesley McNair, who begins with lines from John Keats: "Do you not see how necessary a world of pain and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul? .... I will call the human heart the hornbook used in that school." A Healing Touch... is the book to give a friend whose mother is descending into the wildness of dementia; the co-worker who has lost a son in Iraq; the neighbor whose baby will never leave the hospital. And it is a book to keep for yourself. You will need these words of comfort and wisdom; perhaps not today, but someday. Although I usually flinch at titles that include the words "true stories", these stories are indeed true and I thank the authors for sharing them. It is worth noting that the authors are donating all of their royalties to the Waterville area hospice in Maine and that the publisher is donating a percentage of profits to hospice as well.
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The Winter Visitors
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Karel Hayes
Pat Shannon
, November 27, 2007
This book is perfect for anyone of any age who owns or visits a cabin or cottage or "camp" in the summer, anywhere. Although it looks very much like Maine, it could as easily be Northern California or "Up North" in Wisconsin or Michigan. The concept is charming, the illustrations lovely, and the message sweet. The summer and winter visitors take good care of the cottage, each family loving it and their time there. Karel Hayes answers the question so many summer people ask: "What is it like here when we are gone?" We are sending this book to several people who have summer homes near our year-round home in Maine.
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World Without Us
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Alan Weisman
Pat Shannon
, November 27, 2007
I found it morbid and disturbing and most of all found myself intrigued by the idea; almost wanting it all to happen. Sooner rather than later. I did not realize I was feeling so fatalistic about our fragile planet. And all these books.... how easily they will turn to dust - or muck. The printed word will pass away so quickly, Weisman's fine work no exception.
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