Book Review: To Say Goodbye Again
To Say Goodbye Again by Jac WintersMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I always read acknowledgements pages for the little glimpses I can get into the mindset of the author. In this book that was especially meaningful. I learned that what I was about to read was written by a kind, loving, loved man. A husband, a father, a son. A man with darkness in his past.
We step from that mostly-cozy introduction directly into a nightmare. A poem about loss and what it does to the one left behind. I wondered what would come next, if that’s how we’re starting. It was a soothing memory, remembered by an adult walking through the neighborhood of their childhood.
There’s more. Gentle poetry conveying the love of life and family. The horror of life and family. Unexpected cleverness and humor. A plea for us all to tend to our pet’s health. An examination of writers. Ending with memories that are far too personal for us to be reading – but we read anyway.
It’s a little book, but it holds a lot. It’s a TARDIS; much bigger than its page count conveys. I’ll be thinking about it for a while.
Lori Alden Holuta
Lori Alden Holuta lives between the cornfields of Mid-Michigan, where she grows vegetables and herbs when she’s not writing, editing, or playing games with a cat named Chives.
