All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay
A poignant, complex and hugely resonant memoir about the shift from being a daughter to a guardian and caregiver, by Giller Prize-winning author.
It's sublimeElizabeth Hay is such a masterful writer, I'm joyously in awe. She writes with such grace. There's not a word, image or emotion out of place. I felt as if I was reading the act of healing itself. -- Sarah Winman
A moving, poignant, honest and beautifully written memoir. -- Brian Maye * Irish Times *
Compelling . . . Hay's accounts of her parents' last days are luminous and moving. -- Alice Jolly * Times Literary Supplement. *
As a novel, this book would have been heartbreaking. But, being a memoir, it is 10 times more powerful. Those of us who have lived through similar experiences with ageing, ailing parents can discern the truth to Hay's book. * Artsfile *
Hay has written about it all, with care and candour, in a remarkable memoir * Maclean's *
This book is likely to break your heart, and it will definitely make you think about your own family in the context of ageing. * Quill and Quire. *
Elizabeth Hay is a marvel. She honours her parents in this portrait of their final years. As steadfast a daughter as she is a writer, Hay writes with sometimes scalding authenticity about aging and the challenges that come with the end of a life, but she is never less than tender. I loved this moving memoir -- Michael Redhill, author of Bellevue Square
Piercingly candid and exquisitely written, Elizabeth Hay's memoir describes the intensity of the love, uncertainty and exasperation triggered by her parents' dying. Yet there is humour here, too, even - especially - after the final goodbyes -- Charlotte Gray, author of The Promise of Canada
In All Things Consoled, Hay chronicles with breath-taking honesty the ravages of age and decline. She also shows how love, beauty and the sustenance of writing are a kind of balm for this reality of the human experience * C.B.C. Books *
Poignant, poetic and sharply observed * Winnipeg Free Press *
A moving, poignant, honest and beautifully written memoir. -- Brian Maye * Irish Times *
Compelling . . . Hay's accounts of her parents' last days are luminous and moving. -- Alice Jolly * Times Literary Supplement. *
As a novel, this book would have been heartbreaking. But, being a memoir, it is 10 times more powerful. Those of us who have lived through similar experiences with ageing, ailing parents can discern the truth to Hay's book. * Artsfile *
Hay has written about it all, with care and candour, in a remarkable memoir * Maclean's *
This book is likely to break your heart, and it will definitely make you think about your own family in the context of ageing. * Quill and Quire. *
Elizabeth Hay is a marvel. She honours her parents in this portrait of their final years. As steadfast a daughter as she is a writer, Hay writes with sometimes scalding authenticity about aging and the challenges that come with the end of a life, but she is never less than tender. I loved this moving memoir -- Michael Redhill, author of Bellevue Square
Piercingly candid and exquisitely written, Elizabeth Hay's memoir describes the intensity of the love, uncertainty and exasperation triggered by her parents' dying. Yet there is humour here, too, even - especially - after the final goodbyes -- Charlotte Gray, author of The Promise of Canada
In All Things Consoled, Hay chronicles with breath-taking honesty the ravages of age and decline. She also shows how love, beauty and the sustenance of writing are a kind of balm for this reality of the human experience * C.B.C. Books *
Poignant, poetic and sharply observed * Winnipeg Free Press *
ELIZABETH HAY is the author of the #1 bestseller Late Nights on Air (2008), which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her other works include Alone in the Classroom (2012) and His Whole Life (2015). In 2002, she received the prestigious Marian Engel Award, and for All Things Consoled she was the winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Award for Non-fiction. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857059116 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857059114 |
| Title | All Things Consoled |
| Author | Elizabeth Hay |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2019-08-22 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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