Böcker av Jill Ocone

"About Time: A Coming-of-Age Anthology" showcases poems from over thirty diverse and brilliantly talented writers from all over the world that explore the essence of time and all of its facets. A meshing and a melding of the past, the present, the future, let the words from these poets remind you about growing up and withering away, the natural cycle of life, healing and learning, growing yet regressing, wavering from what was to what is to what might be, and more. Featuring poems by:¿¿¿John AthollVirginia Bach FolgerJessica BarksdaleCynthia BernardB.A. BrittinghamJessaca CasetJoshua ColendaCat DixonCarol EdwardsJeremy GaddChris "The Poetic Genius" GreenBenjamin S. GrossbergMark Andrew HeathcoteErin JamiesonNatalie KimbellPayton KohanD.L. LangBianca LopezNancy LubarskyFhen M.J.S. ManninoBruce McRaeNorman MinnickAbigail OttleyJulia M. PaulFaith PaulsenLois Perch VillemaireThomas Rions-MaehrenStephanie RobertazziBrittany Roston andWilliam RostonAndy StephenJC SulzenkoJelena TutnjevicHenry Vinicio Valerio MadrizBarry VitcovSuellen WedmoreScott WiggermanAndrena Zawinski

As Waterville High School's newest English teacher, Kelly Lynch befriends fellow educator and James Joyce enthusiast Shannon Moran. While Kelly grapples with deep scars from her past, she struggles to balance her active life as a teacher and her stagnant marriage to shiftless alcoholic Wayne Coopersmith. Shannon's encouragement resurrects Kelly's passion for writing, while Kelly inspires Shannon to pursue her lifelong dream of studying in Dublin, Ireland. After two devastating events fracture Kelly's life, she searches for meaning in her grief by following a trail of mysterious clues that guide her from the New Jersey shore to Dublin. Sparks ignite her long-dormant creativity and a raging inferno in her heart while on the Emerald Isle as two unsuspecting Dubliners combine forces to hearten Kelly's awakening. She returns home to the Jersey Shore having endured the waves spurred by her past, present, and future and ready to pursue her true calling.