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National Bestseller
Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. Ambivalence gave way to dreams for a baby, and at age twenty-four she became pregnant. But eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this beautifully wrought exploration of motherhood and loss, the acclaimed New Brunswick writer takes us on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal.
Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. Ambivalence gave way to dreams for a baby, and at age twenty-four she became pregnant. But eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this beautifully wrought exploration of motherhood and loss, the acclaimed New Brunswick writer takes us on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal.
Product Details
| Publisher | Vintage Canada |
| Publish Date | March 29, 2005 |
| Pages | 352 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780676977028 |
| Dimensions | 7.8 X 5.2 X 0.7 inches | 0.8 pounds |
About the Author
BETH POWNING's previous books include the bestselling novels The Hatbox Letters, The Sea Captain's Wife, and most recently A Measure of Light, a Globe and Mail Best Book and winner of the inaugural New Brunswick Book Award for Fiction. Her works of memoir include Seeds of Another Summer: Finding the Spirit of Home in Nature, Shadow Child: An Apprenticeship in Love and Loss, and Edge Seasons: A Mid-Life Year. In 2010, Beth was awarded New Brunswick's Lieutenant-Governor's Award for High Achievement in English-Language Literary Arts. She lives on a 300-acre farm near Sussex, New Brunswick, with her husband, the renowned sculptor Peter Powning.
Reviews
"Shadow Child rings of the truth. Intimate, generous, but never confessional." —National Post
"Anyone who has experienced the loss of a child will relate to Powning’s painful and healing search for meaning in his death." —Publishers Weekly
"Tenacious, unsparing, in anguish sometimes, but mostly with moving lyricism, Beth Powning pursues and completes what she calls her ‘apprenticeship in love and loss’, a long and not easy journey that we all, women and men, in our way, try to carry through." —Ernest Hillen, author of Small Mercies: A Boy After War
"In this moving story, New Brunswick writer Beth Powning writes about her life, her loss and the lessons she painfully, and very slowly, learned…. An honest and intensely felt book." —Toronto Sun
"Anyone who has experienced the loss of a child will relate to Powning’s painful and healing search for meaning in his death." —Publishers Weekly
"Tenacious, unsparing, in anguish sometimes, but mostly with moving lyricism, Beth Powning pursues and completes what she calls her ‘apprenticeship in love and loss’, a long and not easy journey that we all, women and men, in our way, try to carry through." —Ernest Hillen, author of Small Mercies: A Boy After War
"In this moving story, New Brunswick writer Beth Powning writes about her life, her loss and the lessons she painfully, and very slowly, learned…. An honest and intensely felt book." —Toronto Sun
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