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Book Launch: “Don’t Be Sad When I’m Gone” by Beatriz Dujovne

May 8, 2021 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Free
Online, N/A, Portland, OR 97207

Beatriz will be reading excerpts of her memoir.

In this book all human emotions deserve a place of honor: life, death, morning, love, happiness, anger…
The author’s American and Argentine cultures, the chronological time and Kairos, the more human time, reality and fantasy, are intertwined from Introduction to the Epilogue.

We follow her to Buenos Aires from her present home in Portland, where she journeys to rekindle her life after the death of her life long husband.

We partake in her internal and external experiences: those special spots where her love affair with him bloomed and took hold, her psychotherapy sessions with an Argentine psychoanalyst, the life force of the metropolis itself, and the warmth of its habitants.

And we also witness how all these elements conjure to help her return to life.

BOOK COVER REVIEW:
“… (this book) is a love story. One about a husband and wife, yes. Even more, it’s a love story between one’s former self and the self that is yet to come.”
―Megan Devine, author of It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand

[Zoom Link Here]

[Purchase the Book Here]

Details

Date:
May 8, 2021
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Source:
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/dont-be-sad-when-im-gone/

Venue

Online
N/A
Portland, OR 97207

Organizer

Beatriz Dujovne, author