The Long Goodbye: A memoir
The best book on the grief following the death of a parent that I’ve ever read.
In the Skin of a Lion
My gorgeous friend, Maria, gave me this book. Her inscription is as precious as the book itself. So many of Oodantje’s books are irradiating. The English Patient
has language and scenes I can evoke even as I type.
Dream Work
And I could go on. I have more books of Oliver’s poetry than any other poet. Josh has even more. Love, love, love her poetry. Her poem ‘When death comes’ has consoled me so many times after the death of a friend or family member, as much as any poem can after a death.
The Wellspring: Poems
For a long time I couldn’t read the titles poem in this collection without crying. Maybe I still can’t. It’s so intimate. The poem True Love – the last one in this book – is my most favourite poem.
An African Elegy Paperback
The book of poems I still read out loud the most. Velvety.
On Boxing
Of course she’s written many books of fiction and her short stories are real gems too however Boxing is iconic and is worth scouring the net to find a copy!
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
Deeply wise and uplifting book on Celtic life and spirit, Anam Cara speaks to my own heritage. Beauty was the first book I sent Josh after we met.