Böcker av Judy Pollard Smith

The reader will enjoy several finely crafted personal essays interspersed with amusing vignettes. The essays provide a spirited and sensitive look at nature, music, literature, family, friends, heritage, multiculturalism and personal loss. Some of the essays have been previously published in newspapers or magazines. They are short, salient and to the point. This small tender book offers a unique glimpse at grief recovery. What do the bereaved do with the long corridor of empty hours? How do they go about recreating life? Where does the balance sit between continuing in sorrow or telling oneself that putting one foot in front of the other is essential? How do we hold onto the history of our loved ones? What life rafts have we in order when we need them? Who and what will we put in the drivers seat? In spite of the the loss factor the authour's lyrical writing style brings smiles and hope. It is forward looking and honest. It is a calming read for lovers of life.

How is it that I can remember every word, every bit of musical phrasing, every nuance from every song from my early years (Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels, Abba, The Band, Credence Clearwater''s Revival''s Bad Moon Rising, Judi Collins'' rendition of Joni Mitchell''s Both Sides Now) but had a bit of a time recalling the last four digits of our phone number when somebody asked me for it last night?So begins one of Judy Pollard Smith''s journal entries, which she started to write to mark her seventieth birthday.As a fan of the memoirs, journals, and letters of famous people, she wanted to explore whether the journals of everyday people have value. How do others perceive us when we look seventy on the outside but feel twenty-seven on the inside?She writes about light and weighty topics - from relaxing with a favorite book to considering the removal of reminders of Canada''s colonial past. "How can the past be erased for all its faults?" she writes. "If the current vein continues, Canada will end up with a revisionist history, without truth."The More the Merrier offers a glimpse of the rich experiences of a seventy-year-old woman living life to the fullest.