The Geography of Love

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There are magical moments in life that part time and change everything. That moment came for Glenda Burgess when she met a charming and enigmatic stranger. But with the undeniable spark came the discovery of a tragic and disturbing past. Despite this, she embarks on a passionate affair that becomes a second chance at happiness for both of them, until a cruel twist of fate turns their world upside down. The Geography of Love is a powerful and moving exploration of a woman's life, of love tested by unthinkable circumstances, and of our ability to love and trust no matter what the odds. It is also a poignant love letter to a woman's great love, a man who had lost so much yet taught her to see every twist and turn that life offers as an adventure and an opportunity. With echoes of Susan Duncan's Salvation Creek and Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, this tender and intimate memoir asks the age-old question of whether it is better to have loved and lost than have never loved at all - and answers with a resounding yes.

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"Burgess s tender recollections remind us all that we tend to be defined by our great loves well after we ve lived them." Elle
"Wrenchingly painful, but intensely affecting." Kirkus Reviews
"The Geography of Love means than many others can indeed share in [Burgess s] memories, be inspired by them, reflect on what this one shining marriage teaches about love and happiness, trust and instinct, faith and loss." Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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"Burgess's tender recollections remind us all that we tend to be defined by our great loves well after we've lived them." --"Elle"
"Wrenchingly painful, but intensely affecting." --"Kirkus Reviews"
""The Geography of Love "means than many others can indeed share in [Burgess's] memories, be inspired by them, reflect on what this one shining marriage teaches about love and happiness, trust and instinct, faith and loss." --"Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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"A beautiful, eloquent, moving love story that shows that when we believe in love, we can reach heights we never imagined."
--Rabbi Sherre Hirsch, author of "We Plan, God Laughs"
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""A courageous woman's journey into love's complexities, navigating what it means to be tied by blood or circumstance across distance and time, while revealing much about human resilience. Framed by spiritual and celestial contemplations, Burgess' profound observations convince me to embrace and savor wholly each day, each moment, each love, before they, too, are gone."
--Katrina Roberts, author of "The Quick "and "Friendly Fire, "winner of the Idaho Prize for Poetry
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""I read Glenda Burgess' poignant and harrowing memoir in one sitting-in one breath-and all I had ever felt about love's ability to vanquish everything, to swallow heartbreak, to correct history, Burgess makes us believe. And in a fashion that reads like a classic novel." -Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of "The Deep End of the Ocean
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"Burgess' tender recollections...remind us all that we tend to be defined by our great loves well after we've lived them." --"Elle Magazine"
"Burgess lyrically and perceptively explores how the body, emotions and experiences are connected, how love and misfortune affect that landscape...Wrenchingly painful, but intensely affecting." --"Kirkus
""Burgess' journey possesses bravery and open-eyed clarity." --"PW
""The resulting memoir...is truly a story of hope. It's the story of the hope that the Burgess family clung to along their journey and the faith they shared in the power and endurance of their love. But it is also a story of hope for the reader--the hope to have this kind ofloving ally at one's side during any adversity that life may bring."
--"The Tampa Tribune"

"From the Hardcover edition."

Author Bio

Glenda Burgess was born in New Mexico but spent her early years travelling the world as an army brat and later working for the US State Department. She is now a full-time writer and lives in the North West of the United States with her two children.