by Melita Schaum '78, '84Ph.D. (Michigan State University
Press)
"Through
telling and reflecting, we have a chance to revisit emotional
truths, to reclaim the subtleties of experience," the author writes.
In this memoir, she revisits her relationships with family, friends
and lovers; her travels to Paris, Venice and Australia; her surgery
for breast cancer; life in an arts colony; the emotions of aging;
the importance attached to things by those who have suffered loss.
Her lyrical prose surveys the unexpected joys and complications
of midlife, the surprises of the journey. Praised for the poignancy
and grace of her work, Schaum has received numerous awards for
creative nonfiction.
(October 2004)
