Where I live now : a journey through love and loss to healing and hope / Sharon Butala.

Where I live now : a journey through love and loss to healing and hope / Sharon Butala.

By
Butala, Sharon, 1940-

Publication Date
2017

Publication Information
Toronto : Simon and Schuster Canada,

Physical Description
xv, 174 p. : ill.

Subject Term
Moving, Household -- Psychological aspects.
 
Bereavement.
 
Women authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
 
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
 
Women novelists, English -- Biography.
 
Novelists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.

Geographic Term
Prairie Provinces -- Biography.

Summary
An intimate and uplifting book about finding renewal and hope through grief and loss. When Sharon Butala's husband, Peter, died unexpectedly, she found herself with no place to call home. Torn by grief and loss, she fled the ranchlands of southwest Saskatchewan and moved to the city, leaving almost everything behind. A lifetime of possessions was reduced to a few boxes of books, clothes, and keepsakes. But a lifetime of experience went with her, and a limitless well of memory - of personal failures, of a marriage that everybody said would not last but did, of the unbreakable bonds of family. Reinventing herself in an urban landscape was painful, and facing her new life as a widow tested her very being. Yet out of this hard-won new existence comes an astonishingly frank, compassionate and moving memoir that offers not only solace and hope but inspiration to those who endure profound loss. Sharon Butala shares her insights into the grieving process and reveals the small triumphs and funny moments that kept her going. Where I Live Now is profound in its understanding of the many homes women must build for themselves in a lifetime.

Language
English

ISBN
9781476790480


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFicAdult Non-Fiction819.354 B97Checked In