The Still Point of the Turning World
A Mother's Story
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2014
Summary
Like all mothers, Emily Rapp had ambitious plans for her son, Ronan. He would be smart, loyal, physically fearless, level-headed but fun. He would be good at crossword puzzles like his father. He would be an avid skier like his mother. Rapp would speak to him in foreign languages and give him the best education.
But all of these plans changed when Ronan was diagnosed at nine months old with Tay-Sachs disease, a rare and always-fatal degenerative disorder. Ronan was not expected to liv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444775976 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444775979 |
| Author: | Emily Rapp |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Two Roads |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 464mm x 302mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
A brilliant study of the wages of mortal love. - The New York Times
Rapp has written a beautiful and passionate elegy for her son, a book that offers deep wisdom for any reader. - The Boston GlobeA radiant book steeped in deep feelings. - Los Angeles TimesRapp combines an essayist’s willingness to lay herself bare on the page, a theologian’s search to plumb the mysteries of life and a poet’s precision. - The San Francisco ChronicleThe Still Point of the Turning World begins as a book about a parent’s worst fear, a child’s death, but it finally becomes a celebration of Ronan’s life, a call to action that urges us, its readers, to be fierce in our loves and our lives. - NPRStunning. - O MagazineAgonising and sublime, is one of the greatest books I’ve read about how to love… An unforgettable, soul-gripping book. - The AustralianRapp writes with such radiant honesty and intelligence, pulling you close, making you care, teaching us to live in the moment-and love deeply. - Who MagazineAbout The Author
Emily Rapp
Emily Rapp is the author of Poster Child: A Memoir and a former Fulbright scholar and graduate of Harvard Divinity School. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon and Slate among other publications. She is the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award, a James A. Michener Fellowship at the University of Texas-Austin, and the Philip Roth Writer-in-Residence fellowship at Bucknell University. She is currently professor of creative writing and literature at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design and a faculty member in the University of California-Riverside MFA Program.
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