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In The Backyard: Relearning the Art of Aging, Dying and Making Love (ePub)
Guernica Editions (MiroLand), Fall 2018
192 pages
ePub (eBook)
ISBN13: 9781771832373
ISBN10: 1771832371
English
$9.95 Canada, $9.95 US
Attempting to make sense of her life, and change her sad disposition
to a happy one, the author of In the Backyard: Relearning the
Art of Aging, Dying and Making Love seeks out the help of her
in-house therapist/husband, Dr. George Nemeth. The accredited
psychologist's answers to the big questions provide a compassionate
and humorous backdrop on to how to seize the day and not give
up hope when faced with the nasty realities of poor health and
unrealized aspirations.
Mirrors, like monsters, come in all shapes and sizes. They sneak up on you when you least expect it and take a big bite out of your life. Monsters hide in the dark. No such luck with mirrors. You can't avoid the damn things. Nor can you avoid getting old.
Melfi is interested in the metaphysical side of human existence, the difficulties of establishing a coherent feminine identity, cultural dislocation, and the artist’s attempt to create a new reality.
The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature
Melfi … thrives as a powerful force in the Canadian literary landscape, exposing readers to images, ideas and conceptions of reality we could otherwise never have imagined.
Italian Canadiana
Books by Mary Melfi
