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The Narrow Door
The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship | Paul Lisicky
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In The Narrow Door, Paul Lisicky creates a compelling collage of scenes and images drawn from two long-term relationships, one with a woman novelist and the other with his ex-husband, a poet. The contours of these relationships shift constantly. Denise and Paul, stretched by the demands of their writing lives, drift apart, and Paul's romance begins to falter. And the world around them is frail: environmental catastrophes like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural disasters like the earthquake in Haiti, and local disturbances make an unsettling backdrop to the pressing concerns of Denise's cancer diagnosis and Paul's impending breakup. Lisicky's compassionate heart and resilience seem all the stronger in the face of such searing losses. His survival--hard-won, unsentimental, authentic--proves that in turning toward loss, we embrace life.
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BooksForEmpathy
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@sprainedbrain Your generosity has humbled me. Thank you SO much for this assortment of bookish goodies from our #secretsanta exchange. My box got lost or was stolen and this kind and amazing Litten sent me a new one. It just came in today and I am smiling and so grateful. A dream of mine is to climb Machu Picchu & I love books about long friendships. The calendar is going above my desk immediately & the bookplates in my books! You are the best!!

LeahBergen Awww! That's wonderful. 💗 8y
sprainedbrain I'm glad you finally got something, and super happy that you like the gifts! 😃 8y
Suzze Another reason to love Litsy. Littens are the best! ❤ 8y
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Suet624 That's so nice. 8y
vivastory @sprainedbrain That's extremely thoughtful & kind of you 8y
minkyb Lovely! 8y
BookThia Very kind! I have been keeping an eye out for that Machu Picchu book for awhile. We are hoping to go in 2018. Hubs is nervous because h experienced mild altitude illness when we hiked in Colorado a year ago. Enjoy the reads! 8y
Gissy I love that calendar!! 8y
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BethFishReads
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This week's book bin books. Hope my neighbors find the perfect read, like this fantastic book from @Graywolfpress

RealLifeReading Can I be your neighbour? 😊 8y
SaraFair I added one that looked great! 8y
LeahBergen Lucky neighbours! 8y
BookishClaire Just took a workshop with Paul Lisicky, it was great! 8y
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BookishClaire
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Sometimes a book sees right into your soul.

mshelter I absolutely love this book! I had to stop every 10 pages or so to either reflect or simply have a "wow" moment. 8y
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rayshea
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So so beautiful.

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"Some might call the color of the paper sepia, coffee, soil. To me it is the color of Time..."

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BetsyBrandt
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I loved this book and I'm still sitting with it but suffice it to say it's a beautifully written, thoughtful memoir of friendship and loss.

RickMoody On my list of must-reads. Great guy, great writer. 9y
BetsyBrandt Yes to both those things, @RickMoody 9y
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