[Missouri-l] Accessible World Presents Romance Literature Discussion June 19, 2009

[Nancy Lynn]

Newswire
Few novels explore life of a man after the death of his wife. In our next 
Romance discussion group, we will discuss After, writtten by Phyllis 
Reynolds  Naylor.

How does a man come to terms with the loss of his wife? When and how should 
he begin another relationship? In what ways should his adult children be 
considered? In a life often filled with household chores and job 
responsibilities,the care and communication with  children has often  been 
left to wives which leaves a father with little knowledge of how to 
communicate  with them.     How  should he help   with the ongoing dilemmas 
and serious problems his   children face?As he completes his first year of 
life without the woman he loved,how will his view of her and their marriage 
change? In the silence, as he sifts through memories of their life together, 
his mind is filled with questions she can never answer. Do any of us really 
understand those closest to us?Are there parts of   a person that will 
always remain inviolate and known only to them?  With Death as a dividing 
line, how does anyone  go on after such a loss.

Join me on Friday,  June 19,  for discussion of a book that will inspire and 
stimulate a thoughtful conversation.  A short review of After   appears 
below. It is available from the Nls download site or can be obtained by 
request through the following book number


Download After, DB59132


>From Booklist
There aren't that many domestic dramas told from the older middle-aged male 
viewpoint, and Naylor's story of Harry Gill, who has lost his wife of 34 
years
to ovarian cancer, will appeal to readers of both sexes with its warm, 
candid depiction of love, grief, and community. Harry's goal is simple--"to 
survive
the first year and show his grown children how it's done." He does that, 
even as he never denies his sadness. He returns to work in his Maryland 
neighborhood
outside D.C., deals with his kids, hangs out at the local barbershop, fights 
off matchmakers, discovers secrets about his wife (or does he?), and begins
to fall in love again. The appeal here is in the daily detail, as Harry 
mourns what he's lost, haunted by the intimate memories he can't relive with 
anyone
else. This is, above all, a celebration of a happy marriage, and as such it 
represents quite a change of pace for celebrated children's author Naylor,
whose Shiloh (1991) was a Newbery Medal winner. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

The Group will meet at the same time, the third Friday of every month. You 
can write to me,

Bonnie Blose at:
Bookmaven at hughes.net.

Date: Friday, May 15th, 2009

Time:  6:00 p.m. PDT, 7:00 p.m. MDT, 8:00 p.m. CDT, 9:00 p.m. EDT

           and elsewhere in the world Saturday 1:00 GMT.

Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to Romance 
Literature Room at:

http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsfd8219297b18

Or, alternatively,

Select The Romance Literature Room at:
http://www.accessibleworld.org.
Enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen.

All online interactive programs require no password, are free of charge,
 and open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer,
 speakers, and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly
 with the presenters and others in the virtual audience.

If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online  conferencing 
software, there is a small, safe software program that you  need to download
and then run. A link to the software is available on  every entry screen to 
the Accessible World online rooms.

Lists are also available and sign up information for all Accessible World 
news Wires and Discussion Groups can be found at our website at:
http://www.accessibleworld.org.

Accessible World Contacts:

Robert Acosta, Chair

Accessible World

818-998-0044

Email:
boacosta at pacbell.net

Web:
http://www.helpinghands4theblind.org

Joann Becker, Events Coordinator

Accessible World

617-969-1213

Email:
joannbecker at comcast.net

George Buys, CEO.

TalkingCommunities

Email:
buys at talkingcommunities.com

The Accessible World, a division of helping hands for the Blind, a 501(c)(3) 
not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the 
disabled
community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant 
information about new products, services, and training opportunities 
designed
specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely 
affect them.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://moblind.org/pipermail/missouri-l_moblind.org/attachments/20090523/543db31b/attachment.html>