Threshold
A Memoir of Crossing Through the Terrain of Loss
$44.30
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2026
Summary
This intimate, poignant, and compelling memoir tells the story of a woman—a “reluctant examiner” of death—navigating grief while caring for her dying brother and aging parents, inviting the reader into a journey of hope, growth, and resilience.
Deborah Cummins is “a stranger to death”—until, in 2007, she learns that her brother, Joe, is dying. In the months that follow, as Joe’s health declines, Deborah confronts hidden truths in an attempt to make sense of her brother’s death while h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798896360629 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Deborah Cummins |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | She Writes Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
“Cummins’s irresistible narrative moves forward, but time moves backward into memory so that when we reach the book’s final page, we’ve been given a circular journey rich in substance and intensity. Threshold is both unputdownable and unforgettable.”—Andrea Hollander, author of And Now, Nowhere But Here
About The Author
Deborah Cummins
Deborah Cummins authored three poetry collections and a collection of linked essays, one of which was listed as Notable in Best American Essays 2013. She received her MFA in creative writing, and her work has appeared in eight anthologies and more than 60 journals, including Yale Review, Gettysburg Review, Orion, Fourth Genre, and New England Review.
From 2001 to 2005, she was the Board Chair of the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, and more recently, from 2016 to 2023, she served as Board President of the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. In 2014, Deborah and her husband, Bob, relocated from Chicago to Maine, dividing their time between Portland and Deer Isle.
She passed away in the summer of 2023.
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