{"product_id":"threshold-a-memoir-of-crossing-through-the-terrain-of-loss-9798896360629","title":"Threshold: A Memoir of Crossing Through the Terrain of Loss","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis intimate, poignant, and compelling memoir tells the story of a woman--a \"reluctant examiner\" of death--navigating grief while caring for her dying brother and aging parents, inviting the reader into a journey of hope, growth, and resilience.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeborah Cummins is \"a stranger to death\"--until, in 2007, she learns that her brother, Joe, is dying. In the months that follow, as Joe's health declines, Deborah confronts hidden truths in an attempt to make sense of her brother's death while he's still alive--truths that, in retrospect, where perhaps not so hidden after all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut before she's able to fully grasp her brother's worsening condition, Deborah is confronted with another family crisis: between complications following a recent surgery and her heartbreak over her son's condition, Deborah's mother's health is waning as well. After the death of her brother at only forty-five years old, her mother's death shortly follows, and Deborah must navigate grief compounded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning the country from a small town in Maine to the sprawling metropolises of Chicago and Phoenix, \u003ci\u003eThreshold\u003c\/i\u003e skillfully and poignantly examines familial relationships between child, parent, and siblings, providing evocative portraits of each.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e authored three poetry collections and a collection of linked essays, one of which was listed as Notable in Best American Essays 2013. She received her MFA in creative writing, and her work has appeared in eight anthologies and more than 60 journals, including \u003ci\u003eYale Review, Gettysburg Review, Orion, Fourth Genre, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e New England Review.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 2001 to 2005, she was the Board Chair of the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, and more recently, from 2016 to 2023, she served as Board President of the Maine Writers \u0026amp; Publishers Alliance. In 2014, Deborah and her husband, Bob, relocated from Chicago to Maine, dividing their time between Portland and Deer Isle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe passed away in the summer of 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039759364370,"sku":"9798896360629","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ae789214-3522-4fbe-8550-f7583847822d.jpg?v=1771412222","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/threshold-a-memoir-of-crossing-through-the-terrain-of-loss-9798896360629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}