I went to a daylong literary event recently and came away with more than inspiration, knowledge, and new books.
I heard someone say that Ann Patchett’s book ‘Bel Canto’ was a happy book.
Now, perhaps, I will have the courage to read it…It was my mother’s nightstand book before a stroke sent her to a rehab facility for 5 months, and she never read again.
I thought ‘Bel Canto’ was about terrorists. Like the strokes that disabled, then disappeared my mother from this earth.
Today is the 7th anniversary of the final catastrophic stroke. Her last day on earth was just after Father’s Day and the family’s effort at celebration. I believe she left us so that we could focus on him – like she always did.
If Ann Patchett’s book has a happy ending, I want to read it. I’ll affirm what my heart has always felt: my mother’s story has a happy ending, a passage from earth to heaven.
I read Bel Canto many years ago. I am trying to remember if it was a happy ending, I guess it was. Good luck reading it and thanks for the memory of your Mother.
leaving for the Mother land tomorrow, Cheryl. Pray for fair weather, family and friends
God speed
I miss your posts!!!!