Simmons Learning To Fall
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Simmons, Philip. Learning to Fall: The Blessings of an Imperfect Life. Bantam, April 29, 2003.
Living fully in the face of a debilitating fatal illness is the challenge S immons, then an associate professor of English at Lake Forest College in Il linois, faced when he was told in 1993 he had ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) an d had less than five years to live. As his illness progressed, a wheelchair -bound Simmons moved with his wife and two children to southern New Hampshi re, near the rugged mountains he once had climbed. Writing in his cabin in view of an old dump, Simmons describes the wonders of nature remembered and still visible from his abode. He tells of his search for life's meaning in a variety of religious and secular texts, among them the story of Jesus, t he philosophy of Zen, Sufi and Buddhist masters, medieval Christian mystics , Emerson's essays and the poetry of Yeats. In a wry disclaimer, Simmons no tes that learning to live richly in the face of loss is a highly individual undertaking, and adds, "I'm not in the business of issuing directives, off ering tips, imposing lists of spiritual dos and don'ts, or providing neat, comforting formulas." Indeed, his little book of thoughtful essays offers n o easy solutions to dealing with suffering and sorrow, but it does chronicl e how the experience of living at the edge can become an extraordinary conn ection to the eternal. Agent, Bob Markel. (Jan. 9)Forecast: Few books on lo ss and death manage to break out to a mass audience, but Bantam's promised publicity and advertising campaign may help this well-written chronicle of a spiritual journey make a strong showing in the marketplace..
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Simmons, Philip: Learning to Fall : The Blessings of an Imperfect Life, Sydney, NSW, Australia Hachette Livre Australia/Hodder 2002
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