The Wide Circumference of Love by Marita Golden

This is a dazzling exploration of the wonderful gift of love. Marita Golden, cofounder and president emeritus of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, is a veteran teacher of writing and an acclaimed award-winning author of more.

Banks is both funny and wise in her beautiful essay of discovering love as a child, 'Two Cents and a Question.' And the poetry of love is here, too - from Gwendolyn Brooks's classic 'A Black Wedding Song' to works by Nikki Giovanni, E. After all, who are we if we forget. Suddenly faced with an uncertain future, Diane must choose a new path-and discover her own capacity for love.In It's All Love, black writers celebrate the complexity, power, danger, and glory of love in all its many forms: romantic, familial, communal, and sacred.Įditor Marita Golden recounts the morning she woke certain that she would meet her soul mate in 'Meeting Joe.' Memoirist Reginald Dwayne Betts writes stirringly about serving time in prison and how that transformed his life for the better in a piece he calls 'Learning the Name Dad' New York Times bestselling author Pearl Cleage is at her best in the delicate, touching 'Missing You' award-winning author David Anthony Durham enraptures listeners with his 'An Act of Faith' New York Times best-selling author L. THE WIDE CIRCUMFERENCE OF LOVE by Marita Golden RELEASE DATE: MaWhen a beloved husband and father slips into the black hole of early-onset dementia, he pulls his family with him into an inescapable identity crisis. Supporting her children in a changing landscape, Diane remains resolute in her goal to keep her family together-until her husband finds love with another resident of the facility. For her son Sean, it means finding a way to repair the strained relationship with his father before it’s too late. For Diane’ daughter Lauren, it means honoring her father by following in his footsteps as a successful architect. As a respected family court judge, she’s spent her life making tough calls, but when her sixty-eight-year-old husband’s health worsens and Diane is forced to move him into an assisted living facility, it seems her world is spinning out of control.Īs Gregory’s memory wavers and fades, Diane and her children must reexamine their connection to the man he once was-and learn to love the man he has become. A 2018 NAACP Image Award nominee and an NPR Best Book of 2017, a moving African-American family drama of love, devotion, and Alzheimer’s disease.ĭiane Tate never expected to slowly lose her talented husband to the debilitating effects of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. 4.3 40 Ratings 12.99 12.99 Publisher Description.

The Wide Circumference of Love by Marita Golden