You Won’t Always Be This Sad

Sheree Fitch

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ISBN: 9781771088398

You Won’t Always Be This Sad

A Book of Moments

  Author:   Sheree Fitch    
  Publisher:  Nimbus Publishing Limited

Somewhere
in the midst of this mess — must be a poem

“You won’t always be this sad,” her mother, who also lost a son, reassures her, while a close friend encourages her to pick up the pen and write it all down. Capturing her own struggles as she emerges from shock in the wake of her son’s unexpected death at age thirty-seven, author and storyteller Sheree Fitch writes lyrically and unabashedly, with deep sorrow, unexpected rage, and boundless love. She discovers that she “dwells in a thin place now,” that she has crossed a threshold only to find herself in “the quicksand that is grief.” The result is a memoir in verse of immense power and pain, a collection of moments, and a journey of resilience.

Divided into three parts, like the memorial labyrinth Fitch walks every day, You Won’t Always Be This Sad offers words that will stir the heart, inviting readers on a raw and personal odyssey through excruciating loss, astonishing gratitude, and a return to a different world with new insights, rituals, faith, and hope. Readers, bearing witness to the immeasurable depths of a mother’s love, will be forever changed.

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ISBN associated with this title: 9781771088398
Item NB1500
PublisherNimbus Publishing Limited
PublisherNimbus Publishing Limited
Published on November 5 2019
Language ENG
Pages 136
Format Paperback
Dimensions7.5(in) x 6(in)
Shipping weight345(g)
Status ACTIVE TITLE
Sheree Fitch’s first two books, Toes in My Nose (1987) and Sleeping Dragons All Around (1989), launched her career as a poet, rhymster, and a “kind of Canadian female Dr. Seuss.” Fitch has won almost every major award for Canadian children’s literature since then, including the 2000 Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work Inspirational to Canadian Children. She has over twenty-five books to her credit, including her bestselling and critically praised adult novel, Kiss the Joy As It Flies (2008). Fitch's home base is the East Coast of Canada. Visit her at: shereefitch.com

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A delightful book of poetry with a serious message but in a very child-like approach, through humour, silliness and fun! Of course, adult guidance may be required to share in the enjoyment!