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list price: $17.95
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
category: Poetry
published: Oct 2020
ISBN:9781771089463
publisher: Nimbus Publishing

Because We Love, We Cry

by Sheree Fitch

tagged: death, canadian, inspirational & religious
Description

During the global pandemic, Sheree Fitch shared what she calls "moments"—her first-burst warm-up writing exercises, on social media almost every day. Sometimes funny verse, other times lyrical prose or poetry, these daily missives were one way to negotiate the strange, unpredictable times. On April 20, immediately upon waking, as the full story of the tragedy in Portapique, Nova Scotia, was unfolding, Fitch thought of all affected, the painful day ahead, of what parents would say to their children. She thought about grieving when apart.

These words moved through her immediately that day. Fitch shared "Because We Love, We Cry" on social media and it was embraced by Nova Scotians and those who love them across the country. It was read aloud in Canadian Parliament and during a provincial news conference about COVID-19, and by Fitch herself during a nationally broadcast vigil held for the twenty-two victims of the Portapique tragedy.

After many requests, Nimbus and Sheree have come together to make the poem available in book form. Featuring colour line drawings and the full poem on heavy cardstock for safekeeping, as well as a pull-out postcard to send to loved ones near and far, Because We Love is a mantra, a prayer, a lament, a talisman, a paper rosary, a beating heart to keep close to your own.

A portion of the book's proceeds will be donated annually to the families of victims.

About the Author
Sheree Fitch

Sheree Fitch's first two books, Toes in My Nose (1987) and Sleeping Dragons All Around (1989), launched her career as a poet, rhymster, and a “kind of Canadian female Dr. Seuss.” Fitch has won almost every major award for Canadian childrenÕs literature since then, including the 2000 Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work Inspirational to Canadian Children. She has over twenty-five books to her credit, including her bestselling and critically praised adult novel, Kiss the Joy As It Flies (2008). Fitch's home base is the East Coast of Canada.

Visit her at: shereefitch.com

Contributor Notes

A veteran storyteller, educator, speaker and award-winning author, Sheree Fitch is "a woman of faith," who has long followed the practice of Centering Prayer and labyrinth meditation. She trained as a healing lay minister at the Washington National Cathedral and currently belongs to The Holy Disorder of the Dancing Monks and finds greatest comfort in nature. She lives with her husband, Gilles, and many critters in rural Nova Scotia on the hobby farm Happy Doodle Do. Besides speaking and offering writing workshops, she and her husband run a seasonal bookshop and dreamery.

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