Completing the Circle : A Son's Memoir
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From the darkest tunnel, through a prism, David A. Kates renders the life and death of his mother, Judy, with searing love and feisty insight. The voice of this young poet-son lingers long after the burn of the final phrase. --Martha Fuller Instructor, Otis College of Art + Design, UCLA Extension, and UC Irvine Extension What does a person do when his mother passes away from metastatic breast cancer, and he inherits grief, a townhouse, guilt, lipstick-stained tissues, flowers, a baby grand piano, melancholia, and a highly altered life? He writes Completing the Circle: A Son's Memoir is vivid storytelling set in a much-loved home among the stark mountains and vast Pacific Ocean of Pacific Palisades, CA. Completing the Circle mixes poetry and short stories to shed light on cancer, mortality, the mother/son relationship, bereavement, happiness, and dealing with change. Completing the Circle concludes: "A lot of tears stain this book, As well as A lot of hope for a vigorous future."
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- ISBN-13: 9780595669387
- ISBN-10: 0595669387
- Publisher: iUniverse
- Publish Date: November 2004
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
- Page Count: 156
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