Court of the Myrtles
By (Author) Lois Cahall
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Reader
9th May 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
823.92
Paperback
166
Width 153mm, Height 234mm
221g
Some lessons we learn at school; some we learn from experience. But there are some life lessons that only others can teach us. Two women meet every Friday morning at eleven oclock at a cemetery. One is grieving over the tragic and early death of her mother. The other, mourning the loss of her daughter, shepherds the younger woman through the stages of grief. Together they come to understand what it means to live in a world full of joy and sadness, how death is an intrinsic part of life and how love stays with us forever. Court of the Myrtles is a tender and wise, funny and sad story about grief, loss and acceptance, and about the people we might meet on the other side.
Lois Cahall began her career as a newspaper journalist in Boston, Massachusetts and as an associate producer for Nick (son of Judith Krantz) pursuing true-life stories for CBS TV movies. She's also appeared on numerous Television shows and was the anchor for ABC TV news "Top Priority" and an occasional host on Good Morning America Now. For over two decades, Ms. Cahall has been "The Screen Queen" (www.screenqueen.com), a syndicated radio personality covering the movie beat with an eye toward educating the "Bus Stop Mom" about age-appropriate family viewing of the latest Hollywood releases. Her broadcasts over the Saga Communications network reach more than 3 million listeners every week. Stepping outside of her personal of ""The Screen Queen"" Ms. Cahall writes about women's empowerment issues for women's magazines - including Redbook, Seventeen, Cosmo Girl, SELF, Marie Claire, Reader's Digest, Ladies Home Journal, Men's Journal and Bon Appetit. In the UK she's written for RED and Psychologies magazine and for the London Times.