"CAR DEALER'S DAUGHTER" by Toni Wolf
There are limits to the human body, and to human relationships. No matter how hard we try, our bodies and our relationships eventually fail us on some level: our bodies with their mechanical failures, and our relationships with their needs and expectations. This is the story of the last five months of my father's life: the winding down of his deteriorating body during cancer, his resistance to living and dying, and my attempts to care for him during this time.
*an excerpt from my cancer memoir CAR DEALER'S DAUGHTER
9 comments:
Allow me to be the first to comment on your blog. I always have high expectations and you always deliver high satisfaction. Looking forward to your next post.
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Oh Toni you are intuitive and Oh so talented. I Love You.
You're off to a great start, Toni.
Great job.....MORE!
Peter
Happy to find your blog. I have the excerpt from your book that was published in the Stranger in 2007 and have been looking for your work. I've thought of pasting the excerpt into some kind of book form but am not very good at that so hope the book will be available for sale soon.
Hi C.J. Taylor. Thank you for your comment. I'm still working on Car Dealer's Daughter along with a number of illustrated short stories... and STILL trying to find the right agent and publisher. OUCH! I have discovered that there aren't many folks willing to take a risk on a first time author with a book of so many illustrations. I have not given up though! Are you C.J. Taylor the author and artist?! I'm happy you discovered my blog whomever the "C.J." you are!!!
Have you tried self-publishing?
I have explored the options, and am somewhat eased in finding that others are hearing the same dismissals as I have--unless you already are published, it's a risk few are willing to take on.
Thanks Nina! Yes, I am finding that it's oh so true that "risk" is not a popular subject in the world of publishing. At this stage, I'm still putting my works out there - just hoping- while I continue to work on finishing the illustrations on several writings.
I cared for my grandfather and grandmother, until they each passed on. So this speaks to me, on a variety of levels all at once.
Thanks for sharing this and I hope he passed with ease and without pain. And I know that's a lot to hope for. Fortunately, both my grandparents did. And my grandmother at the age of 99--balancing her checkbook the week before. Clear as blue sky until the last hours.
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