At Decatur Cemetery, this reader found the book an “engaging rollercoaster ride” because she related so much to the narrator’s nomadic life. She read part of it on a lovely porch swing overlooking the cemetery. I like to think the poignant cemetery moments of the book were read on that swing. Georgia is where I gave birth to my son and motherhood. Both are important in this book.
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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.
“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
welcomewonder@mariannemaili.com
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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.”
Marianne Maili 