The Gift of an Ordinary Day is an intimate memoir of a family in transition - boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up, an attempt to find a deeper sense of place, and a slower pace, in a small New England town. It is a story of mid-life longings and discoveries, of lessons learned in the search for home and a new sense of purpose, and the bittersweet intensity of life with teenagers - holding on, letting go. Poised on the threshold between family life as she's always known it and her older son's departure for college, Kenison is surprised to find that the times she treasures most are the ordinary, unremarkable moments of everyday life, the very moments that she once took for granted, or rushed right through without noticing at all. The relationships, hopes, and dreams that Kenison illuminates will touch women's hearts, and her words will inspire mothers everywhere as they try to make peace with the inevitable changes in store.
| ISBN | 0446409480 | | Pages | 320 | | ISBN13 | 9780446409483
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Little, Brown & Company | | Weight (grammes) | 452 | | Imprint | Springboard Press | | Published in | New York | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Publication date | 01 Oct 2009 | | Width (mm) | 149 | | Library of Congress | 2009003135 | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | DEWEY | 973.92092 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Alternative ISBN | 9781600247330 |
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"With an honesty and intimacy rarely achieved in modern memoir, Katrina Kenison dissolves yearning into its complex, sensate parts. This is a book about mid-life want and loss. It is also a most knowing book about a most gracious love-about the gifts that are returned to those who find beauty where it falls."--author, House of Dance "Beth Kephart "
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