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Poetry Death

You Won't Always Be This Sad

A Book of Moments

by (author) Sheree Fitch

Publisher
Nimbus Publishing
Initial publish date
Oct 2019
Category
Death, Inspiration & Personal Growth, Canadian, Inspirational & Religious
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771088398
    Publish Date
    Oct 2019
    List Price
    $24.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781771089456
    Publish Date
    Apr 2020
    List Price
    $10.99

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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.

About the author

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 childrenÕs 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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Editorial Reviews

"When the world feels like it is over and everything has shattered around you, she reminds you, readers, as much as she reminds herself: you won?t always be this sad." —Miramichi Reader

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