“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 #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 #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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Chère Marianne,
J’ai fini la lecture de ton livre que j’ai beaucoup aimé pour différentes raisons.
It’s a real journey for the reader, who really gets to experience what the narrator feels and goes through.
It is full of sensations, sensations of nature, sensations of water, of light, sensations of the body
The narrator is very generous in sharing what she feels, her vulnerability, her strengths–
I felt close to the other characters, the son, the father, the mother. I liked her a lot, she is so special, with such a nice spirit, sense of humor. I was very moved and touched all through the reading and of course at the end. It made me think about my mother and I wanted to be as good as the narrator is, to her.
The relations with men are also very interesting.
Also, the fact that the son is a man too, and is going to be another kind of man because he had such a great mother.
I really liked what the narrator says about the wound, this passage where she shares her research/work is very interesting.
I would very much like to read the thesis! If there is a possibility to read it?
So, wouaw, reading this book, Marianne, made me experience a bit of your experience and helped me grow as well. It is really a good book, that gives strength–strength to be vulnerable, strength to be what you want to be in life, strength to be free.
#home in #La Rochelle, #France #goodbook #beauty #wonder#joy #grief #adventure #remembrance #moving #touching #travel #bookrecommendation
this message from author Astrid de Laage (https://www.grasset.fr/…/de-la-main-dune-femme…
I am home. resting between tastings amid beauty in a home overlooking a beloved American river in the Upper Mississippi Valley. #goodbooks #bookstagram #bookstoread #bookrecommendation #mississippi #riverlife #beauty #wonderful_places #joy #grief #adventure #travel #iowahomeland #iowa #france #spain #iceland #midwest #midweststories #worldstories #philosophy #love #barcelonalovers
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I am home. in Paris with Patricia! The book opens in Paris 
Patricia finds the book #inspiring #lyrical and #poetic and enjoys the constant presence of nature in its pages. She honors it by calling this #remembrance a pastoral #masterpiece! Thank you @triciakilleen 
#bookrecommendations#greatbook#nonfiction#kaleidoscope#love#grief#beauty#wonder#joy#paris#france#reading#travel#home
“Friend and author Marianne Maili’s I am home. is a page-turner and inspirational in describing both her life and the accessible pleasures open to us all if we are mindful enough to accept life’s gifts sprinkled among its challenges. Her lyrical and poetic depictions of nature–constantly present on the pages–place Maili’s memoir among pastoral as well as memoir masterpieces. Her previous award-winning novel, Lucy, go see. is also a must-read.”
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Marianne Maili 