Bøger af Jim Hale

Reading Dad's poetry is like taking a walk through his life. It is easy to see there are demons, but there is beauty and love too. Beauty in memories of greyhounds, raging fires, the plight of Indigenous people, the complexities of religious beliefs, and recognising the power of other people's life stories.I remember sitting in the back seat of his car, listening to him speak of Shakespeare and reciting sonnets verbatim. He spoke of Keats and Eliot, of Yeats and Poe, and Yevtushenko and I did my best to comprehend the images of tragedy, love and loss. And now, many years later, when I read Dad's words, I think I understand them.

A collection of short stories that will have you getting cozy in your favorite chair.From a mystery in a late-night diner to the unexpected endings found in everyday life, readers will enjoy the page-turning stories in Jim Hale's second book, Almost Autumn. Drawn from the drama of real life, many of these new stories explore the complexities of relationships, the trials of living and loving, and the consequences of choices. Death Before Daybreak is a classic whodunnit mystery that will have readers guessing to the very end.Readers of Hale's first book, In the Shade of the Lemon Tree, shared that they wanted to read more of the romantic story of Daniel and Maureen that unfolded in a New England harbor town. In this new book, Hale includes the original short story The Letter and a sequel, Till Death Do Us Part. It turns out there is more to the story. Reviews on Amazon described the stories in Hale's first book as "Beautifully written and brilliantly woven," and shared "The reader is instantly drawn into each tale with engaging characters and plots."

Ted suspects that something is wrong at the Miller's house across the street. What he learns launches him into an uncomfortable and haunting encounter with his neighbor that forces Ted to look inward and examine his own life. Hale's page-turning short story, In the Shade of the Lemon Tree, takes Ted, and the reader, on an emotional, eye-opening journey that reveals one surprising truth after another. Looking out on the city that never sleeps from his tenth floor penthouse, Daniel seems to have it all. But in The Letter nothing is certain, and a tragic turn in life takes him from New York City to the coast of Maine, as he clings to the hope of a past love that may be lost forever. The themes of love and loss flow through the tender and touching short stories in this collection, finding drama in the seemingly simple routine of life-Saturday drives with a grandfather, a stroll along the beach where the past competes with the present, and the anticipation of a family wedding.

Do you want to return to a time in your life when things were wonderful, filled with people you loved, with dreams that you had, when the world was simpler and the future glistened? And do you wonder what happened, where did those years go? The answer, my friend (no, not with Bob Dylan), is with you inside your head, all the good and some of the bad. The answer is writing it down - it's still there - in poetry. Reading others, writing your own. Think back - it's still there - look back, look forward... poetry. Do you recall those violet-infested walls of that old English church; that girl you saw and never forgot in a tavern once visited; that old town you first taught in and that noisily funny dunny-cart man; the fear of being trapped in a crashed car with petrol dripping; resting in love with a beautiful partner; dangling a line in a beautiful river with beautiful sons? It's all there, deep down, relived and reloved, in poetry.