tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330766246822130643.post3806274048460907958..comments2024-02-09T08:14:51.016-05:00Comments on ON THE VERGE: No Answers. But Thank God for BooksJody Casellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17892174349776047862noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330766246822130643.post-64797655053095166642014-08-14T07:46:21.503-04:002014-08-14T07:46:21.503-04:00Thanks, Jenn. It's funny the things you mentio...Thanks, Jenn. It's funny the things you mentioned remembering about Summer to Die. I don't remember any of those details. What I remember is how the sisters shared a room and drew a line down the middle, and I remember something about the girl visiting with an old man and him helping her after the sister died. In Pocket Full of Seeds there was a picture of the girl and her family and she would look at it and remember them together and the feel of the sunshine on their faces. That line could still make me cry. Jody Casellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892174349776047862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330766246822130643.post-34862499683037469422014-08-13T19:35:35.064-04:002014-08-13T19:35:35.064-04:00I am sorry to hear about your father.*hug*
Some o...I am sorry to hear about your father.*hug*<br /><br />Some of your childhood favorites were mine as well--I read A Pocket Full of Seeds from the library and then bought it as an adult because I could never forget it. I think as a child I didn't really understand where Nicole's family had gone and what was likely to happen to them; their sudden disappearance was bad enough. And I loved the Lowry book; I haven't read it in decades but still recall so many details: the Easter eggs (I always wanted to make eggs like the ones she described), the fringed gentian, the baby named Happy.<br /><br />Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330766246822130643.post-82830727849482124632014-08-13T12:22:14.811-04:002014-08-13T12:22:14.811-04:00Thank you, Tracy. It's sad to me now--for a va...Thank you, Tracy. It's sad to me now--for a variety of reasons--but mostly because I think there have been many breakthroughs in treatments for depression, that I would like to think could have helped him. But maybe not. I mean, I assume Robin Williams had every possible treatment available to him, and yet, he still suffered. <br />Jody Casellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892174349776047862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330766246822130643.post-50805857668681129972014-08-13T12:18:45.877-04:002014-08-13T12:18:45.877-04:00So sorry about your father, Jody. Both my grandfat...So sorry about your father, Jody. Both my grandfathers and each of their oldest sons (my two uncles) took their own lives and the impact lasts through generations. Sometimes it's a terminal illness that can't be cured no matter what the goodwill and hard work and medical science may be. xoxoxTracy Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668453323039794253noreply@blogger.com