Chelsea I am thinking of you. I know what that type of "season of loss" feels like. In April, June, and August of 2017 I lost my two grandpas and one grandma. It is tough to lose them, and for me was really a season of reflection on the gifts they left behind. I also read Tom Lake (Our Town is my favorite play) and am now listing to R. Eric Thomas's new book of essays. I am loving them both. I'm currently reading You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith and I really wish I was reading it in a college class with a professor that would deep dive it! Poet by trade it is a "tell-mine" memoir and her ability to succinctly state or describe something, along with the non-traditional vignette style of memoir is captivating. (I, too, am craving soup season!) I hope you have a great holiday weekend!
Tom Lake will forever be a defining read of August 2023!
Chelsea I am thinking of you. I know what that type of "season of loss" feels like. In April, June, and August of 2017 I lost my two grandpas and one grandma. It is tough to lose them, and for me was really a season of reflection on the gifts they left behind. I also read Tom Lake (Our Town is my favorite play) and am now listing to R. Eric Thomas's new book of essays. I am loving them both. I'm currently reading You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith and I really wish I was reading it in a college class with a professor that would deep dive it! Poet by trade it is a "tell-mine" memoir and her ability to succinctly state or describe something, along with the non-traditional vignette style of memoir is captivating. (I, too, am craving soup season!) I hope you have a great holiday weekend!
I very nearly included Maggie Smith's memoir in my list here! I just liked the little group of three. But it was so good on audio.