Author Parallels Experience Losing Her Son to Cancer with Mother Mary’s Grief Following Jesus’ Death in Inspiring New Book
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In ‘They Will Never Be Forgotten,’ Sandra Leah reflects on her grief journey, the challenges her own mother faced, and the inspiring story of Mother Mary’s life to help others overcome life’s difficulties This book is written in memory of my son, who taught me that with love, and a great deal of faith, we can move on in life after the loss of a loved one. WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (PRWEB) May 24, 2021 The death of a child is a devastating and unexpected event in any parent’s life. But after such immense loss, families can find healing by coming together, turning to their faith, and comforting themselves with stories of others who have also overcome tragedy. In “They Will Never Be Forgotten,” author Sandra Leah twines her experiences losing her son to a rare cancer
PM Modi said his thoughts are with the families of those killed while fighting Maoists. (File)
New Delhi:
Condoling the death of security personnel in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said their sacrifices will never be forgotten.
Promoted My thoughts are with the families of those martyred while fighting Maoists in Chhattisgarh. The sacrifices of the brave martyrs will never be forgotten. May the injured recover at the earliest, PM Modi said in a tweet.
My thoughts are with the families of those martyred while fighting Maoists in Chhattisgarh. The sacrifices of the brave martyrs will never be forgotten. May the injured recover at the earliest. Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 3, 2021
From these finalists for the PEN America Literary Awards, winners will be announced on April 8 and receive a total of more than US$380,000.
Dining tents in New York City’s Bryant Park, February 4. Image – iStockphoto: Massimo Giachetti
From 1,850 Submissions, 55 Finalists
A total of 55 titles in 11 categories have been named today (February 10) as finalists in the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards. They now are in contention for an aggregate purse of more than US$380,000. PEN America, of course, is the US affiliate chapter of PEN International.
An important and notably serious program among world publishing’s myriad awards programs each year, this series is also at times confusing because its sponsor-named categories vary widely in their nature and prize money. Some awards are funded for biennial presentation, rather than yearly.
This morning,
PEN America released the 2021 Literary Awards Finalists. More than forty-five imprints and presses are featured on the list, with half of the titles coming from university and indie presses. Twenty books are from writers making their literary debuts, and half the titles among the open-genre awards are poetry collections. Chosen by a cohort of judges representing a wide range of disciplines, backgrounds, identities, and aesthetic lineages, these fifty-five Finalist books represent a humbling selection of the year’s finest examples of literary excellence.
The stories on the Finalists lists are about parents, grandparents, and grandchildren, about siblings and their rivalries. These writers share the lives of people who are nonbinary and people who are transgender; people of all ages with changing bodies; immigrants and citizens and people seeking refuge; a basketball legend; a young woman who plucks factory chickens smooth; a tugboat driver; and Phillis Wheatley, Ame