The love of impermanent things
Subtitle: a threshold ecology
By: Mary Rose O'Reilley.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781571312839
Subjects: O'Reilley, Mary Rose; Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography; English teachers -- Minnesota -- Biography; St. Paul (Minn.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "At midlife, Mary Rose O'Reilley reflects on her past and her hard-won sense of self. She is determined, now, not to sacrifice or waste her self. She has struggled for years along the paths set by her suburban childhood, her Catholic upbringing, her failed marriage, and the mute duties of daughterhood. Now, she is trying to see the world through the eyes of the deer that stop outside her window and look in at her. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she feels a closer connection to the natural world as experienced by animals. As an apprentice potter, she sees in a Japanese tea bowl the ultimate balance of action and contemplation. As a Quaker, she can both sit still and sing. And as a writer, O'Reilley can speak clearly to readers at midlife who are expected to know it all, but don't."--Jacket.