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With the moving observations of 30 writers, this volume is a testament to the emergence of wills tested by death, illness, love and new beginnings, and to the changes we gain with self-knowledge. This collection reminds us what it means to confront change as an adult and survive it.
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An anthology of intimate observations by 30 women on the changes and challenges they confront as they age. Freelance writer Maier and poet-playwright Isom invite little-known voices to join those of established writers such as Margaret Atwood, Diane Ackerman, Gloria Wade-Gayles, and Madeleine L'Engle, who articulate the experiences of key transitional points in their lives. While a few of the pieces are pedestrian and lackluster, many are memorably crisp and forceful. Brimming with intelligence and passion is Gloria Wade-Gayle's ``Fissures in the Moon: Sharing Pain in Order to Heal.'' Here, former civil-rights activist, teacher, and author Wade-Gayles shares in rich detail her torturous encounter with a young black rapist who not only ``stole the night'' from her but stole from young black men ``their right to be respected as decent men and the ability to prevent the pain their sisters suffer.'' In describing the impact of this nightmarish abuse, Wade-Gayles creates a chilling portrait of a horror all too familiar to many women. Powerful and moving, too, is Julie Moulds Rubocki's ``Dancing the Cancer Down to Dust'''excerpts from the diary of an extraordinary woman who exhibits fortitude, optimism, and humor in the face of life-threatening non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. ``I am singing and building walls against it: Not me Not me Not me,'' she writes to defy despair after months of wrenching chemotherapy treatments. Amusing essays are also included. In ``Under the Thumb: How I Became a Poet,'' Margaret Atwood satirizes stereotypic images of a poet's life, while in ``Some Bit of Love to Chew On,'' Joan Halperin, referring to her mother as ``the prima donna of the seventh floor, Doctors' Hospital,'' makes light of her elderly, ailing mother's manipulative streak, her reluctant acceptance of dependency, and her loving relationship with her daughter. Often impassioned and profound, many of the writings in this collection are captivating.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Alternately lyrical, bitter, comic, and brave, 30 woman writers raise their voices to celebrate the indomitable female spirit. This collection brings together pieces by well-known authors, such as Margaret Atwood, Madeleine L'Engle, Diane Ackerman, and poet Maxine Kumin, with new work by up-and-coming writers who responded to the editors' call for submissions. (Fans of L'Engle and Kumin should be forewarned, though, that those authors' essays were written for publication elsewhere and have a certain "phoned-in" feel compared to the newcomers' passionate entries.) The common thread is transition--those moments in life, whether large and dramatic or small and easily overlooked, that mark a point of departure from the former self. The diversity of these moments gives the book its strength: transformation, whether triggered by an attempted rape, the death of a parent, a battle with illness, or simply running a footrace, always occasions both sorrow and hope. --June Hathaway-Vigor
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
In the first of 30 personal essays collected here, Adrian Blevins says "one of the reasons it's important to read about the struggles of others is that we learn through such efforts how universal the human experience is." At their best, these essays do just that. Laura Distelheim opens herself to loving her infant nephew, who has cancer, and finds thatÄcontrary to her fearÄthe experience makes her better able to confront her own illness. In four seemingly simple pages, K Edgington helps her parents move to a retirement village and finds their old General Electric toaster a symbol of staying power within our increasingly disposable society. Most of these essays are very short, making them easily accessible for discussion groups. Authors include the well known (Maxine Kumin, Madeleine L'Engle, Margaret Atwood, and Diane Ackerman) and newer names. Recommended for public libraries.ÄMary Paumier Jones, Westminster P.L., CO (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Introduction | p. xi |
I Some Bit of Love to bew On | |
The Underfed Human Heart | p. 3 |
On Loving Ethan | p. 7 |
Some Bit of Love to Chew On | p. 19 |
Jukebox Lazarus | p. 26 |
The Race | p. 31 |
The Night Ahead | p. 34 |
Ousia: The Realness of Things | p. 38 |
Studying Perspective on a Saturday Afternoon | p. 43 |
Interstices | p. 48 |
Crushed Out | p. 59 |
II Changing Terrain | |
An Outing with Isabelle | p. 73 |
Boiled Chicken Feet and | p. 78 |
Hundred-Year-Old Eggs: Poor Chinese Feasting | |
Bordering on Truth | p. 86 |
What It Means to Stay | p. 91 |
Dancing the Cancer Down to Dust | p. 97 |
Changing Terrain | p. 113 |
Crossing Over | p. 116 |
Toast | p. 128 |
Loud Silence | p. 132 |
Running Woman | p. 140 |
III Re-creation | |
Seeing Stars | p. 149 |
Come to the Window | p. 157 |
Sharing a Room | p. 160 |
Migration of the Heart | p. 168 |
The Early Land | p. 176 |
Fissures in the Moon: Sharing Pain in Order to Heal | p. 178 |
Querida Nuria | p. 197 |
Moodswings and Midlife: Nearly Getting to Nirvana | p. 202 |
Under the Thumb: How I Became a Poet | p. 207 |
Re-creation | p. 218 |
Credits | p. 225 |
Contributors | p. 227 |
Acknowledgment | p. 235 |