The experience of aging and the care of the elderly is the subject of Glen Sorestads poignant new volume of poetry. In Today I Belong to Agnes the Saskatchewan poet chronicles the final years of an elderly parent with deep insight, compassion and also humour. Like poets of old, Sorestad narrates the saga of a journey that many must confront -- a journey from independence to increasing degrees of care for aging loved ones. With wry sensitivity Glen Sorestad reveals the very human side of this process - the leaving of a family home, the eccentric sisterhood of a care homes residents, and the fragile thread of memory that sustains a life. Today I Belong to Agnes belongs on the bookshelf of anyone dealing with such transitions or simply those who can appreciate the ability of poetry to illuminate the shadowy reaches of our human process.
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Powerful, moving, rich, textured, gracefully executed & sung. -- John Lent
This is a moving collection and as a record of voices which will surely not be audible forever... -- Don Coles
This is a moving collection and as a record of voices which will surely not be audible forever... -- Don Coles
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Glen Sorestad was born in Vancouver, but has lived in Saskatchewan most of his life. He taught school for over twenty years until 1981, when he quit to devote himself to writing and publishing. He is the author of ten books of poetry, among them Air Canada Owls (Nightwood Editions, 1990) and West Into Night (Thistledown Press, 1991). His poetry has appeared in over 30 anthologies and textbooks. He has given over 200 readings of his poetry in every province in Canada, in 15 states of the U.S. and in France. He cofounded Thistledown Press with his wife Sonia in 1975. They have lived in Saskatoon since 1967
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The woman from Home Care talks with Mother, asks various questions; Mother proffers quite credible replies and everything is well until the assessor asks how old Mother is. Read the first page New!
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The woman from Home Care talks with Mother, asks various questions; Mother proffers quite credible replies and everything is well until the assessor asks how old Mother is. Read the first page New!
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