About this Event
Join us for an evening of engaging discussion with Sarah Ellis,
about her memoir:
Drinks and light fare provided. Wine supplied by Sage Hayward Vineyards.
About the Book:
Sarah Ellis's wife had been toughing it out with MS for more than a decade when she finally received a date for a medically assisted death in Switzerland. The year of waiting brought astonishing moments of playfulness and joy. Ordinary concerns fell away. Ellis tells the story of her extraordinary sojourn in fairyland, the preparation, the journey, life in an altered state, and the return to the real world, forever changed.
Review:
“Anyone who loves language and loves reading, and anyone who has loved and lost and mourned, will cling like a (probably weeping) limpet to the gorgeous rock of this book. Measured and anguished, good-humoured and wise, it's a persuasive, beautifully written, read-it-in-a-single-sitting-and-then-go-back-and-read-it-again account of the jangled cadences of bereavement; a testament to how literature can soften, if not utterly resolve, the discord of grief and loss. I've never read anything quite like this memoir, and I’m grateful to have done so now. It’s an unforgettable book-- its own kind of miracle.”
―Bill Richardson, author of The Bachelor Brothers’ Bed and Breakfast
About author:
Sarah Ellis has received such honours as the Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. She is the recipient of the British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, worked as a librarian in public libraries, and taught writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. When not writing stories, she lectures on Canadian books and writes book reviews for The Horn Book. Sarah lives in an old house in Vancouver with her cat, where she gardens, reads, cooks, doodles, Zooms with far-flung friends, and plunks on the ukulele.
Reserve your spot for an intimate evening celebrating love, resilience, and the healing power of storytelling.
Event venue & nearby stays
Christianne's Lyceum of Literature and Art, 4433 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada
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