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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. It's amazing how this author could fill in the complete life of a woman and make you love her and feel as though she's been a friend forever in only 34 pages. But indeed that is what he does and he does it wonderfully. I was completely captivated by 95-year-old Lottie and the story of her life with her son, Jack, and her two marriages. This is a genuinely beautiful, moving, poetic novella that I most highly recommend. I won this book in a giveaway. A beautiful short story of a woman who has dementia and lives in an assisted living center. The past is clear to her, but the present is difficult to navigate. When she wakes, she does not realize where she is, who she is and who anyone else is but is able to slowly piece somethings together on good days. But her memories of the past are there, along with the scary things that happened and the love that she was fortunate to have and share. I have had an aunt, an uncle and a grandmother who had dementia and parts of this reminded me of all three. Please do not pass this story up, it is a treasure. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: Ninety-five-year-old Lottie Barnes now lives in a care facility in her native Iowa. Restrained by the physical trappings of old age and cognitive decline, she struggles to comprehend her present surroundings. Nevertheless, her life story unfolds as she remembers key moments from her past with sharp clarity. "...a vivid and genuinely moving story. With a generous heart and sure sentences, Mr. Schumacher gives us an entire life in these few pages, a life we come to care about, and which, though it's a difficult one, is not without its blessings." - Bret Lott, National Council on the Arts appointee, New York Times best-selling author, Oprah's Book Club selection "This novella might be the most psychologically honest, narratively engaging, and spiritually beautiful thing I have read this year. The words from these pages haunted me long after I read them, and moved me to gratitude, wonder, and even joy. The word that comes to mind as I read this story is 'life.' Read it and see: what it kindles in you will enliven you." - Russell Moore, author of The Courage to Stand "...a poignant reflection on life and dignity. In a single day of an elderly narrator, her life unfolds as she remembers key moments from her past with sharp clarity, even though she's restrained by the unreliable physical trappings of old age. In crafting a story that slides effortlessly between the past and the present with subtle symbolism and careful juxtaposition, Schumacher demonstrates the value of each moment of our lives, and the inherent worth of every person who enters-and exits-our individual narratives." - K. B. Hoyle, award-winning author of The Gateway Chronicles "Schumacher has crafted a tender, sensitive, and quietly lyrical portrait, infused with a bright, longing ache. This exploration of the expansive interior life of an elderly character near death, reminds us that we are all living in the middle of stories-stories that are going somewhere. His readers are likely to feel some gentle tug of the eternal vicariously drawing their own hearts along." - Douglas Kaine McKelvey, author of The Angel Knew Papa and the Dog "Eric Schumacher is a gifted writer, clear and generous, and full of soul." - S.D. Smith, author of The Green Ember series "I have probably written more than a hundred endorsements over the years. And I've meant every one of them. But I've never felt as inadequate as I do right now in trying to explain how important this writing is or how moved I was in reading it. But that's how I feel about this novella from my friend, Eric Schumacher. This is a beautiful story written by a poet who has thought deeply about aging and loss and redemption and the hope of the risen Christ. It's an honor to add my name to it." - Elyse Fitzpatrick, author of Home "Eric Schumacher offers a deep and gentle reminder that everyone's life tells a story. What's more, there's a story behind our stories." - Ruth Buchanan, author of Unseasonable "Eric Schumacher invites readers into an assisted living unit and introduces us to Lottie, who is drifting slowly between periods of cognitive decline and moments of clarity in the last movement of her long life. Lottie's past and present unfold in this remarkable novella with unflinching dignity. The grace of Schumacher's spare and shimmering writing make My Last Name a story readers won't soon forget." - Michelle Van Loon, author of Becoming Sage "As Charlotte Marie struggles to remember her name, we discover she is not unacquainted with suffering, loss, pain and heartache. We are introduced to 'Lottie' as an old woman who has survived everyone and everything. Her journey... .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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