The Journal Keeper A Memoir

by Theroux, Phyllis

• ISBN13: 9780802145284
• ISBN10: 0802145280
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-08
• Publisher: Grove Press

Summary

For many, journal keeping is a time to pause and contemplate on daily events and look back on life as it unfolds. Divorced and with her children long gone from the nest, Phyllis Theroux gave up urban life to live in a small town with her elderly mother. Finding herself at a spiritual and emotional crossroads, Theroux began to keep a journal of her thoughts, feelings, and musings by her favorite authors. In The Journal Keeper, Theroux crafts her reflections into an openhearted and unflinching account of the ups and downs of those years. A natural storyteller, she slips her arm into yours, like an old friend going for a stroll-talking about love, loneliness, growing old, financial worries, and caring for an aging parent. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Phyllis Theroux’s books include a memoir, several essay collections, a novella, Giovanni’s Light, and an anthology, The Book of Eulogies. She lives in Ashland, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
2000 "Living in a small town is like being in a play..."	p. 13
2001 "One of the strongest illusions is that another person's love will liberate us..."	p. 47
2002 "It is consoling to think, if I am not always looking for God, that God is nevertheless looking for me..."	p. 103
2003 "The notion of not wanting to be in charge of my own life interests me now that I feel I am..."	p. 169
2004 "We shape our lives like a story..."	p. 205
2005 "I wonder if the process of aging doesn't bring as its chief gift the capacity to separate our intellect from from our feelings..."	p. 243
If you Want to Keep a Journal	p. 273
Reading List	p. 277
Postscript	p. 281
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