Katie Letcher Lyle

All Time Is Now (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Once upon a time, there was a perfect family: one father, one mother, and one perfect son. Then they had an "imperfect" child. Katie Letcher Lyle writes about how their "perfect" family adapted to living with and caring for their "imperfect child" - but more than that, this funny, wise book is about how Jennie graced their lives, and showed them they didn't know beans about "perfect." Jennie taught them about what it means to be human, about the magic that is all around us every second, about the power of choice that each one of us has, and about the beauty that arises out of darkness. Praise for All Time Is Now ... "How does a family cope when a much-wanted child is diagnosed with multiple handicaps? 'Hang on for the ride of a lifetime,' writes Katie Letcher Lyle. And that is precisely the adventure on which she takes her readers. In her new book All Time Is Now, she tells two stories, that of her now-grown daughter Jennie and that of the rest of her family. It's a tale of miracles: learning to accept Jennie's retardation and cerebral palsy, then reaching out to understand, and finally triumphing over the kind of adversity no family wants to face. Jennie will always be five years old, she 11 always live in the present moment, and she's happy." -Janet Lembke, author of The Quality of Life: Living Well. Dying Well "All Time Is Now is compassionate, candid and wise. Katie Letcher Lyle has written a book for every parent." - Donald McCaig, author of Jacob s Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War "...In the hands of Katie Lyle All time Is Now, the story of a family learning to live with a child with multiple challenges, is uplifting, inspirational, even funny. With refreshing honesty, the author gently guides us through the first 27 years of Jennie's life. Along the journey we follow Lyle's own transformational evolution. This is one wise, beautiful woman sharing a remarkable story with grace and dignity." - Darlene R. Miller, PhD, Director of Programs, The Monroe Institute

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: fidelipublishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781604143201
• Artikelnr.: 47425516

Autorenporträt

Katie Letcher Lyle is the author of nearly 20 books and many articles. Her short fiction has appeared in many magazines, including Viva, Shenandoah, and The Virginia Quarterly Review.

A writer, teacher, folksinger, and speaker, she taught 25 years at Southern Seminary College, has taught in the graduate Writing Program at Hollins University, and has been visiting professor at Washington and Lee University, Mary Baldwin College, and Randolph-Macon Woman's College.

Since 1983 she has taught over 250 Elderhostels at several Virginia colleges, on Virginia pre-history, folklore and folklife of Appalachia, the English language, and creative writing. She has been active in organizations that serve the handicapped, and serves currently on the Rockbridge Area Hospice Board, where she is also a volunteer. She lives in Lexington, Virginia.

All of her books are available through most bookstores, out-of-print book search or on Amazon.com.

Contact her at [e-mail].

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1. LYRICS OF THREE WOMEN (Linden Press, 1964) Katie Letcher Lyle, Maude Rubin, May Miller. Poetry.
2. I WILL GO BAREFOOT ALL SUMMER FOR YOU (Lippincott, 1973; Dell, 1974) Novel. Newbery finalist.
3. FAIR DAY, AND ANOTHER STEP BEGUN (Lippincott, 1974; Dell, 1975) Novel. Newbery finalist.
4. THE GOLDEN SHORES OF HEAVEN (Lippincott, 1976, Bantam, 1978) Novel.
5. DARK BUT FULL OF DIAMONDS (Coward McCann and Geoghegan, 1981; Bantam 1982) Novel (Made into TV movie, MY FATHER, MY RIVAL, aired on HBO over 100 times since May 1985. Won Bronze Medal in 1985 New York Film Festival.)
6. FINDERS WEEPERS (Coward McCann and Geoghegan, 1982; Scholastic, 1984) Novel.
7. SCALDED TO DEATH BY THE STEAM (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1984; W. H. Allen Company, 1985) Historical non-fiction, sold over 100,000 copies. In thirteenth printing.
8. THE MAN WHO WANTED SEVEN WIVES (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1986) Historical non-fiction. (Second edition with additional material, Quarrier Books of Charleston, WV, 1999.)
9. THE WILD BERRY BOOK: Romance, Recipes, Remedies (NorthWord Press, 1994)
10. THE FORAGING GOURMET Nonfiction. (Lyons and Burford, 1997)
11. WHEN THE FIGHTING IS ALL OVER: a memoir (Longstreet, 1997) (Ingram Pick of the Season, 1997; short-listed by The Virginia Center for the Book for best non-fiction book in Va., 1998)
12. GOODBYE TO OLD PEKING, ed. with Roger Jeans (Ohio U Press, 1...