Riding Shotgun

by Davis Elliott, Eileen

• ISBN13: 9781922357021
• ISBN10: 1922357022
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2026-01-14
• Publisher: BookBaby
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Summary

"How long has the promise held?" In questions without answers and spoonfuls of salted caramel ice cream, Eileen Davis Elliott's Riding Shotgun wrestles her baby sister's dragons. Doctors called it Lewy Body Dementia. Elliott invokes protecting angels as she carries her sister's story with fierce dedication. "Elation and a quick stab of adrenaline / compete" day by day, breath by breath as her beloved wavers. Riding Shotgun demonstrates Elliott's fearsome literary talent as she grapples with devotion in this crucial collection of poetry.

The insidious plague of dementia in all forms, including Lewy Body, affects families in increasing numbers. Challenges of diagnosis, treatment, and provision of care, as well as grieving find their way into this collection of poems. There are stabs of recall of better times, amplifying the loss of our loved ones and the spiritual challenge of the long goodbye.

Author Biography

Elliott has written three previous volumes of poetry inspired by her experiences living many places working in the fields of mental health and education. She now resides in the Pacific Northwest and continues to find situations that inspire poems and incite thinking about big questions affecting humankind. She is also a visual and fabric artist. Her previous titles include Prodigal Cowgirl, Miles of Pies, and Pobrecitos.