Maine Metaphor: Maine in Winter
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2021
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Publisher's Description
Maine in Winter bears toward the new millennium and beyond, heading into maturity of body, soul, and insight. Here are thoughts and experiences from entries in S. Dorman's everyday winter and reader's journals. Here are themes of snowy twilight since stopping in Maine, just so, at the beginning of her family's first winter in the Northeast--when the Salvation Army came to their rescue, and the in-laws, and their old friend God. After midlife and reflecting on the Big Winter--what is sometimes called Old Age--this book cycles back toward the beginning, to a flight in celebration of the New Year, new life in Maine.
Endorsements (3)
Foreword
“Maine in Winter is a miscellany, a form that I love, part nature-journal (unsentimental, but all the richer for that), part domestic chronicle (with very appealing glimpses of a long and happy marriage), part spiritual journal, part a chronicle of reading, part a reflection on writing (with wry observations on her own aspirations and the vicissitudes she’s endured)—all this and more.”
“Quiddity comes to life in this profoundly and gently moving medley of Maine Metaphors. Not since Annie Dillard took me into the Virginia woods have I enjoyed looking and seeing the world anew as much as taking this winter walk with S. Dorman, who marvels at the mysteries and moments of mercy that come with just living and wearing mittens. I feel like the old dog Boots, who is released from his chains, delights in infectious joy.”
“Susan Dorman’s Maine Metaphor writings are at their best when she’s capturing the crisp, concrete details, and Maine in Winter is full of beautiful passages on the dark and light of our fabled Maine winters. Her ruminations on dog sledding, the moon, learning to ski, the annual threat of ice underfoot, and so many more crafty observations, vividly illuminate the deep and divine sources of the fable.”
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