“J’arrivais pas à laisser ce livre,” the message said. “I couldn’t leave this #book,” is the literal translation and I like it. But do we leave #books
? So I guess it would be “I couldn’t put this book down.” #home#love#bookreview#lifewriting#paris#reykjavik#barcelona#dubuque#chicago#madison#iowacity#iowa#travel#family#friendship#wisconsin this #story is filled with #beautiful#places and #people#kindnessmatters
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I am home. in a #green mood in #Barcelona. I #love hearing from #readers.
Things like “I’ve been loving every sentence. Reading it slowly to make it last.” and “I’m absolutely #loving it! #Powerful#writing.”
This makes me feel so good after all the sentence crafting. Sometimes it feels like surgery or that game we played as kids called Operation – feels like that when I try to move #words and #sentences around without #touching others.
“It’s a #real#journey for the #reader“, I liked reading that message, too.
Please send #thoughts, #images, #favorite#pages and many thanks to those who have
it means a lot to know what what I’ve done does for others
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I am home. on a lovely terrace in #Barcelona (an important place in this book) with Marina who wrote to me in French and English about it:
“Ohhh, comme j’aime ton livre!
Le rythme…le flow…les jolis souvenirs…raconté légèrement…la poésie…tu es excellente ma chère!!!
Je te retrouve dans ces pages, ton livre te ressemble 
… I’m enjoying lots reading your book…and as I want to continue reading when a word is …unknown…I put in my imagination and continue…no time to check the dictionary,
I also love its cut, the way it is not continuous …one or two pages of story at a time, easy to move in and out of” #goodbook#summerreading#love#home#beauty#travel#joy
I love Marina’s #sandals and how well they fit with the #bookcover, n’est-ce pas?
I am home. in #Chicago on Andrew’s terrace where he and the frog are reading near #water in the #light of June. The #book is filled with sensations of water and light and Chicago is in there, too. Thanks @andrewhayespr. Thanks, Chicago for all you gave me! To Andrew for his #kindness, another thing the #book is filled with 
#home#summer#summerreading#love and its cost, #grief. #joy and #beauty and #friendship and #family
“29 pages in and it’s so comfortable–the juxtaposition of life and home–so beautifully shared–are resonant and readers are grateful to be along for the ride.”
#jerecommande #goodbook #livre #delamaindunefemme #charlottecorday @astriggi
I am home. in #Richmond, #Virginia! with #friends. As the book connects worlds… I met artist Kirana Stover in #Sitges, Spain, in 1997 and then I met poet Lauren Alleyne in #Dubuque in 2012. In 2023, Kirana went to Richmond to be near her #mother in #hospice (like what happens in I am home.) and Lauren went to Richmond as a keynote speaker for a #poetry celebration (she is now the director of #furiousflowerpoetrycenter at #jamesmadisonuniversity ) … and while I was staying at Kirana’s home in Spain, I noticed a JMU cutting board and learned that Kirana’s mother went to JMU… so Kirana went to hear Lauren speak and loved her and she presented her a copy of #iamhome and Lauren sent me (in Barcelona) this picture as the #world turns. 
#summerreading#goodbook#nonfiction#poetic#remembrance#gratitude#friendship#travel#love#beauty#wonder#grief
I am home. in #ottawa#ontario#canada
. This reader loves the poetry on the pages and the way that despite the difficulties on them, they are light and life-giving. 
#summerreading#goodbooks#love#home#beautytips#joy#grief#wonder#travel
“Look what book traveled to Ochos Rios with me! It is so interesting to read about such an adventurous life. Marianne is an inspiration from modeling to writing to translating to teaching. She has seen and learned so much. There’s nothing she can’t do! I finished the book and loved every minute while I was reading it. It’s beautifully written. I cried and I laughed. I love page 136. I’m asking my book club to read this!”
I am home. in Katy’s #hammock #reading in #santperederibes #catalunya #spain . A perfect hammock read! #books #goodvibes #home #summerreading #beauty #wonder #joy #grief #inspiration #liveyourownlife #vulnerability #strength #life
This reader finds it a great read for starting a new chapter in life. “Enjoying your book, the moments are so real and surreal, like life.”
I am home. in #Colorado, waiting to be #read. #goodbook #home #bookstagram #book #books #beauty #love #grief #inspiration #moving #keepmoving #wonder #joy I am home. Chez Soi Press. 2023
Such a delight to hear from readers around the world upon reception of the book, where it is waiting for them, how they feel while and after reading. Thanks so much to you all.
If you’d like to send a photo and message you can send them to: welcomewonder@mariannemaili.com
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Marianne Maili 