Moments of Glad Grace

A Memoir

Alison Wearing

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ECW Press,Canada
07 April 2020

Memoirs; Age groups: the elderly; Coping with old age; Family & relationships

“Beautifully written and perfectly executed from first to last sentence.” — Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi

“A richly layered journey, charmingly told.” — Plum Johnson, author of They Left Us Everything

A moving and witty memoir about a daughter’s evolving relationship with her aging father and their shared journey to belonging.

The story begins as a trip from Canada to Ireland in search of genealogical data and documents. Being 80 and in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, Joe invites his daughter Alison to come along as his research assistant, which might have worked very well had she any interest — any at all — in genealogy.

Very quickly, the father-daughter pilgrimage becomes more comical than fruitful, more of a bittersweet adventure than a studious mission. And rather than rigorous genealogy, their explorations move into the realm of family and forgiveness, the primal search for identity and belonging, and questions about responsibility to our ancestors and the extent to which we are shaped by the people who came before us.

Though continually bursting with humor, Moments of Glad Grace is a story about identity, history, and ultimately becomes a song of appreciation for the precious and limited time we have with our parents.

By: Alison Wearing
Imprint: ECW Press,Canada
Country of Publication: Canada
Edition: No Edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781770415133
ISBN 10: 1770415130
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 07 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alison Wearing is the bestselling author of Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter, an Indigo Top 50 pick shortlisted for the Edna Staebler Prize and longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize, and Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey. She teaches, performs solo multimedia plays, and leads writing workshops internationally.

Reviews for Moments of Glad Grace: A Memoir

Moments of Glad Grace is an endearing delight. -- Shelf Awareness A richly layered journey, charmingly told. -- Plum Johnson, author of They Left Us Everything Dancing between hilarity and the poignancy of a last sojourn with her father, Alison Wearing once again reveals herself as a sharp and tender observer of this mortal coil we call life. Moments of Glad Grace is a journey you won't want to miss. -- Merilyn Simonds, author of Refuge This is a well written book that celebrates love and maturity, wisdom and forgiveness, and the hard earned peace that occurs when you have the courage to pass through heartfelt honesty to the other side of tragedy, loss and sorrow. Highly recommended. -- Vancouver Sun This is a wise, funny, and tender book, beautifully written and perfectly executed from first to last sentence. It's about a daughter and her ageing father, it's about genealogy and identity, it's about Ireland, but actually it's about how we love the ones we love. Moments of Glad Grace is a travelogue of the heart. It's a road you'll want to travel. -- Yann Martel, #1 bestselling author of Life of Pi