Words of Life: Essays and Poems
Copyright 2019
From the author of Upwelling and Follow Your Dog comes a short collection of poetry and prose on family vacations, vision loss, animals, and other topics. It also includes a work of flash fiction. An introduction by the author explains what inspired this compilation.
I met Ann Chiappetta through Behind Our Eyes, an organization of writers with disabilities. I like how she writes about the lighter and darker sides of life. My favorite piece is one in which she describes how she rescued two baby sparrows, only one of whom survived, and the hard lesson her eight-year-old son learned from this experience. I recommend this book, which not only provides insight on vision loss but on other negative and positive aspects of life.
My Books
My Ideal Partner: How I Met, Married, and Cared for the Man I Loved Despite Debilitating Odds
That’s Life: New and Selected Poems
How to Build a better Mousetrap: Recollections and Reflections of a Family Caregiver
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Hugh congratulations to Ann on the publication of her 3rd book. The book cover is particularly notable and invites a reader to enter into the pages that follow.
I read a couple of times, back to back, and enjoyed it so much. I also love the story you noted in your review, about caring for little birds that were in need of rescue. What a good point you made, Abbie, for buying through Smile so that BOE gets a contribution with each purchase. Nice to read your review today!
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Typo – should read: Huge not Hugh. Sorry!
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Thank you, Lynda. I agree the book is worth reading more than once.
To clarify for those not familiar with BOE or smile.amazon.com, the acronym stands for Behind Our Eyes, the organization of writers with disabilities to which Ann and I belong. We are set up with Amazon so proceeds from the purchase of books and other merchandise through smile.amazon.com will benefit the organization. For more information, go to http://www.behindoureyes.org.
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Many, many congratulations and I wish you lots of success too. Have been following your blog too.
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Thank you, Jane.
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My pleasure.
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Hi Abbey, thanks for reviewing this book.
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You’re welcome. I enjoyed reading the baook.
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