A Book Review By Brenda Hyde
Fine Black Lines
Reflections on Facing Cancer, Fear and Loneliness
Author Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad
Published by Mulberry Hill Press
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Affirmation
Excerpted From Fine Black Lines
Copyright Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad
The breasts are gone
But I am
Whole
Disfigurement
Need not include
My soul
I admire Lois Tshcetter Hjelmstad. Not because
she is a breast cancer survivor; there are many
brave women who have endured this horrible
disease. I admire her because she laid her heart
out on the pages of a book for all to see and share
in. I too wrote poetry when I was in pain during
difficult times in my life. I did not share the words,
and in fact, had a hard time reading them again
myself years later. But the author knew people that were
suffering from illness needed to read her words.
Perhaps they could be comforted because
her words express what they cannot. Sometimes
there is pain that stays in your heart and until you
can find a way to recognize it, you can't let it go.
I'd like to think that the poetry and prose written
in Fine Black Lines will help someone to recognize an emotion,
a pain or an emotional scar and that they will finally be able
to heal.
Fine Black Lines can reach someone else as well.
It can be a comfort to families, whether daughters,
husbands, sons or friends, of someone suffering.It
can help them to understand how there loved one must feel. They might not
have the words to express their emotions, but by
reading Fine Black Lines together, perhaps they
can comfort each other with the understanding
they discover in it's pages.
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Powell's online bookshop carries both used and new copies of the Fine Black Lines.
Click here for order information You can also visit the
author's website at MorningMyMother.com.
