Including the Periphery - by Roselee Blooston (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Award-winning author Roselee Blooston has written a collection of loosely linked personal essays on change, perspective, and renewal. It is a companion piece to Blooston's first memoir, Dying in Dubai (Apprentice House Press 2016), and begins with her adolescence and early fifties--before her husband's death--and extends into later life on her own. The essays explore the inner and outer landscape of her move to New York's Hudson Valley, mining the author's evolving priorities and self-awareness, as time becomes more precious. The past informs the present, with youth and age in a dialogue that will resonate with readers of any generation.

Review Quotes

"Roselee Blooston's humanity, heart, and honesty are on full display.... she opens the doors of her life for her readers. And we, the readers, are the better for it!" -- Deborah Kalb, author of Off to Join the Circus and other books

"Candid and consistently engaging... You'll not only enjoy Blooston and admire the meaning she's made of her life thus far, you'll also find yourself hoping you're creating as good a version of it for yourself." -- Maria Giura, author of Celibate: A Memoir and What My Father Taught Me