03/09/2010 7:00 pm
Location:
- Street:
- Village Books
- Additional:
- 1200 Eleventh Street
- City:
- Bellingham ,
- Province:
- Washington
- Postal Code:
- 98225
- Country:
- United States
"What consolation is there in growing old, in such loss?" asks Ann Putnam, who was witness and caregiver to her mother, father, and her father's twin brother as they reached old age and eventually died. Full Moon at Noontide is also her story, as she helps these elders move first into a retirement community and then through illnesses and hospice. "Old age, death and impermanence—it seems at first glance impossible to make a reader see these timeless and universal experiences with fresh eyes, but Ann Putnam's luminous prose achieves that miracle and more, transforming pain, suffering, and loss into a literary gift of beauty and redemption." - Charles Johnson, author of Middle Passage and winner of the 1990 National Book Award.
Ann Putnam teaches creative writing and women’s studies at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. She has published short fiction, personal essays, literary criticism, and book reviews in various anthologies such as Hemingway and Women: Female Critics and the Female Voice, and in journals, including the Hemingway Review, Western American Literature, and the South Dakota Review.
