Half Moon Waking
LIV Hunziker
(Author)
Description
Tired new mothers and new fathers will find hope and laughter in this collection of poetry, fiction, and essays. Via Half Moon Waking, parents walking through a miscarriage can receive tangible comfort.
Here are the reflections of a woman who has cried with you . . . has wrestled through the same grief.
Here are also those questions whose answers don't fit nicely within proper, typical prose. Questions such as, "What is the meaning of life?" or "Where exactly is heaven located?"
Poetry is able to place hard and abstract pains into understandable frames. Half Moon Waking offers poetry, metaphors, and fiction, rather than "teaching" or "how-to-guides," so that refreshing insights on surviving babies, toddlers, marriage challenges, parenting abroad, living overseas, or grieving a miscarriage can all be digested in a soothing and empathetic way. Essays, written with care and compassion, offer real-time and hands-on support to new moms and new dads, through the asking of vulnerable questions.
Liv Hunziker's vast spread of creative writing genres enables each reader to pick up where they left off or to simply jump right into the middle of this encouraging book. Haiku's and bite-sized phrases are the real balm, the deeper empathy, that mothers, tired parents, and anyone suffering a miscarriage, have been needing. These lines and expertly crafted poems are indeed the artists' alternative to didactic teaching or preaching. When not for oneself, this book is the right resource to hand to a friend grieving a miscarriage and is also a timely gift for baby showers, Mother's Day, Father's Day, or other seasonal holidays.
Leaf through this collection at the pace that works for you, let it rest a few weeks on your coffee table, and then pick it up again, to soak in the parenting puzzles, traveler joys, hiker perspectives, and honest questions. The dexterity of lyrics, the genuine transparency, and the respect for nature in Half Moon Waking will satisfy and restore each reader, as well as strengthen the significant relationships and families we all find ourselves in.
Product Details
| Publisher | Page of Notes |
| Publish Date | March 01, 2024 |
| Pages | 180 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9798218296186 |
| Dimensions | 9.7 X 7.4 X 0.4 inches | 0.7 pounds |
About the Author
Reviews
From cosmic dust entering our atmosphere, to breastfeeding, to say nothing of the author's doubts and thoughts about the mysterious workings of God: Half Moon Waking sends us in all directions. Liv Hunziker's poetry ranges far and wide, while her fiction introduces us to characters next door whom she allows to speak for themselves. Grab a good cup of tea and take out your earplugs. This volume is worth a read!
-David Horn, author of Soulmates and Return to the Parish.
"Motherhood," Hunziker writes, "Tougher than any marathon." In this lyrically penned collection of poetry, essays, and short fictions, Hunziker . . . writing with approachable eloquence . . . highlights . . . the grief of miscarriage, and "scratching the surface" of the truth about life . . . Half Moon Waking . . . is a surprising collection, straightforward and personal . . . a wise and engaging chapbook on parenthood, faith, and love.
-Publishers Weekly: Booklife Reviews
Yes, it is possible; we can hold the broken in one hand, grace and beauty in the other. Liv's nature poems illustrate exactly how this can be done. Whether in marrying, parenting, or miscarrying-here in this collection we find a writer who understands. And cares. Her essays and fiction compassionately illuminate usual and unusual aspects of mothering-carrying life, holding miscarriage, enduring arduous physical and emotional labor, letting go, and especially, learning to smile through uncertainty. The moment we enter Half Moon Waking (like stepping into a shadowy barn), we'll face the damp, breathing questions which Liv has already nurtured into existence.
-KIMYIBO, kimyibo.com
Half Moon Waking explores the journey of motherhood as a hiker explores a new trail. Stopping quietly along the side of life's road, Liv beautifully fastens words together in essays and poetry to show what is gained and what is lost in being a parent.
-LINDA F. LEIN, M.F.A., Hannah Kempfer: An Immigrant Girl.
. . . Family life-and its sometimes-bloody travails-are explored in this haunting collection . . . from the pain and hope of pregnancy to bone-deep . . . exhaustion . . . and the plangent grief of a miscarriage . . . Hunziker's poetry especially stands out for its vivid specificity . . . A luminous, captivating exploration of ordinary existence that bursts with spiritual meaning."
-Kirkus Reviews
Earn by promoting books
