Cathedral

An Illness and a Healing

Bill Henderson

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English

Pushcart Press
11 January 2016

Memoirs; Oncology; Coping with illness

On the face of it Cathedral is most akin to Henderson's Tower: Faith, Vertigo and Amateur Construction (FSG), a Thoreau-esque chronicle of building a tall structure on the grounds of his hilltop property in Maine. But Cathedral is more overtly a spiritual memoir like his Simple Gifts: One Man's Search for Grace (S&S), a tribute to the pleasures of singing hymns.

Like all his books, Cathedral is equal parts wisdom, self-deprecation, laughs, aching honesty, and inspiration. And, like his cathedral itself, it is lovingly constructed.

By: Bill Henderson
Imprint: Pushcart Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 355g
ISBN: 9781888889772
ISBN 10: 1888889772
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 11 January 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bill Henderson is the founder and editor of the Pushcart Prize. He received the 2006 National Book Critic Circle's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Poets & Writers / Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. He is also the author of several memoirs, including All My Dogs: A Life. The founder of the Lead Pencil Club, Henderson lives in New York.

Reviews for Cathedral: An Illness and a Healing

A poetic memoir that details the cathedral's building process and wrestles with matters of mortality and spirituality. -- New York Times A pithy, poignant chronicle about the abbeys we build in duress and inspiration. -- Edward Hoagland