“The story of home is one that everyone knows, and it waits, with its memories and lessons, to come alive again.”
A 1203 Homecoming
Thirteen years after leaving her childhood home of 56 years, lucky Marietta returns for another party on the cherished blue slate patio. Autumn leaves falling and familiar music playing. Stories and strolling. Games and relaxation. Tasty food and sparkling beverage standbys. Dogwood planting and back stoop entry. Little bit of a book talk—lots of fits of laughter. The perfect late October gathering for this November. Gratitude and anticipation. Here’s to old times— a toast to new times.
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Told with McCarty’s characteristic wisdom, marvel, exuberance, and good will, Leaving 1203 is about navigating that way through. The author draws on all available resources—friends and strangers, food and laughter, life lessons learned in the very house she now empties, and, not least, her newly-inherited West Highland terrier, Billy. McCarty simultaneously learns and deftly teaches the fine arts of remembering, letting go, and holding on to what matters most. She not only finds the way through, she shows the way.
the greatest gift an author could give a reader… lessons of a universally philosophical and existential kind… a touching journey… a welcome, upbeat ride
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