I am home. in Washington Square Park. Amy “Absolutely loved it! It’s a memoir that feels like how memory works. A series of moments distilled to their poetic essence, full of beauty and grace. What’s not written heightens the poignancy of what is.”
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Who can ask for anything more?
One of myriad ways this book can be seen is as a love letter to my family, friends and hometown, and to Northeastern Iowa.
Yet also to France, Iceland, Spain, England, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, New York, and California.
And many more. I love this planet.
This reader on the #mediterranean loves, like many other readers, the pace and clip and love and life on these #pages.
#beachread #summer #greatbook #travel #lifewriting
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“The summer wind came blowing in from across the sea…”
Can you hear Frank Sinatra singing it as you look at this photo?
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“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.”
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
Marianne Maili 