Irene O'Garden

Glad to Be Human (eBook, ePUB)

Adventures in Optimism (Positive Thinking Book, for Fans of Learned Optimism, Anne Lamott, or Elizabeth Gilbert)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Celebrate Life Just Because

In a world so often filled with distressing news and bewildering violence, being "human" often gets a bad rap. Rejoice in everyday reasons to smile, think positively, and enjoy the gift of life.

Take a walk on the bright side. In Glad To Be Human: Adventures in Optimism, award-winning writer Irene O'Garden reminds us of the radiance of human existence. From kitchens to gardens to busy city streets, all around, in your everyday life, you can find plenty of reasons to feel gratitude and hope, peace and joy.

It's the little things. In this collection of essays, O'Garden explores a wide range of practical reasons to celebrate life-just look closely around you. In one essay, she describes the simple pleasure that comes from clearing clutter off a desk-in another, the thrill of visiting the Statue of Liberty. The book's grand finale is the Pushcart Prize-winning essay, "Glad To Be Human."

One simple message. Through contemplation, meditation and with literary style, Glad To Be Human invites readers to view life through a positive lens. From small, daily activities to journeys overseas, O'Garden has a knack for finding beauty and meaning in all life's adventures-even in our deepest pain and suffering-helping all of us feel glad to be human.

If you enjoy Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Anne Lamott, or books like Risking the Rapids, The Book of Joy, The Book of Delights, and The Gratitude Diaries, you'll love O'Garden's Glad to Be Human.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781642502473
• Artikelnr.: 59276211

Autorenporträt

Irene O'Garden has won or been nominated for prizes in nearly every writing category from stage to e-screen, hardcovers, children's books as well as literary magazines and anthologies. Her critically-acclaimed play Women on Fire (Samuel French), starring Judith Ivey, played to sold-out houses at Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre, and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award. O'Garden was awarded The Pushcart Prize for her lyric essay "Glad to Be Human," (Harper published her first memoir Fat Girl and Nirala Press recently published Fulcrum: Selected Poems, which contains her prize-winning poem "Nonfiction." O'Garden's new memoir, Risking the Rapids: How My Wilderness Adventure Healed My Childhood was published by Mango Publishing in January, 2019.

O'Garden's poems and essays have been featured in dozens of literary journals and award-winning anthologies. A seasoned and entertaining presenter both on stage and video, O'Garden has appeared at top literary venues: including The Player's Club, the Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyorican Poetry Café, Read650 and KGB in Manhattan; and The Poetry Café and Mycennae House in London.

Irene O'Garden lives joyfully with her husband of forty years, John Pielmeier, who is best known for his play Agnes of God. They live and write in Garrison, NY. ireneogarden.com