I am home. in the Pyrenees.
I am home. in Barcelona.
One reader wrote to say, “The sentence I most relate to is: ‘I initially chose Barcelona for how I feel when in it: free and connected to something I cannot name or understand.'”
Have you ever had that feeling about a place? Barcelona is important in I am home. and in Lucy, go see. I am working on a short piece about our love affair, Barcelona’s and mine, and will share it with you soon.
“You write about it beautifully,” I was happy to hear.
Have you been to Barcelona? Come travel with me, and make yourself at home.
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I am home. on Fire Hill in Wisconsin.
This reader wrote: “Finished on Fire Hill overlooking Lake Superior. I love the style in which it is written–poetic and lyrical and very soothing. I love how you gave us few words sometimes and let us think about the situation. You put words together in the most beautiful way! Here’s to the success of your book! I just ordered another copy for a gift–”
It means much to me to read that the book is soothing. That was a goal of the revision–to highlight the beauty of life and make folks glad to be living it. As I have written before, boiling down a 432,000-word first draft to 48,000 words of essence is an exercise in pertinence and poetry. How to make life sing? Each reader creates a new book when filling the white spaces on the page with their thoughts, imagination, memories, and experience. I am home., now everywhere with everyone, becoming more. (and Wisconsin is on these pages, too)
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I am home. in Colorado.
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 