THE CONSEQUENCE OF STARS by David W. Berner, Memoir, 200 pp., $19.60 (paperback) $7.99 (Kindle)
Title: CONSEQUENCES OF STARS: A MEMOIR
Author: David W. Berner
Publisher: Adelaide Books New Yotk/Lisbon
Pages: 200
Genre: Memoir/Essays
Author: David W. Berner
Publisher: Adelaide Books New Yotk/Lisbon
Pages: 200
Genre: Memoir/Essays
thoughtful memoir on our eternal search for home. Told in a series of
essays on love, loss, travel, music, spirituality, and the joys of
solitude, memoirist David W. Berner, reaches deep to discover where he
belongs and ultimately where all of us belong.
“Berner gives us both travelogue and memoir in living, breathing depth and color.” — D.S. White, Editor-in-Chief, Longshot Island.
“A writer with an enormous sense of humanity.” — San Francisco Review of Books
“Reflective, engaging…Berner’s authentic storytelling takes you with
him on his travels through the chapters of his life where in the end, he
reveals connections to finding a place to be, his home under the
stars.” — Nancy Chadwick, author of Under the Birch Tree.
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From FIRST THOUGHTS -
"This
memoir—written in a series of linked essays—was
memoir—written in a series of linked essays—was
born
from that spirit, to examine the broad notion of home,
from that spirit, to examine the broad notion of home,
how
it morphs and eludes, and the search for it—from family
it morphs and eludes, and the search for it—from family
roots
to personal discoveries—growing up, moving on, returning
to personal discoveries—growing up, moving on, returning
to,
and embracing a singular sliver of the universe.
and embracing a singular sliver of the universe.
Like
many, I have investigated near and far, from my boyhood
many, I have investigated near and far, from my boyhood
home’s
big side porch to destinations around the world and
big side porch to destinations around the world and
down
the street, stumbling and tripping, hoping to uncover
the street, stumbling and tripping, hoping to uncover
pieces
of myself in some way through work, leisure, and love,
of myself in some way through work, leisure, and love,
taking
fragments of my experiences with me to build something—
fragments of my experiences with me to build something—
a
home, a place under the stars. And it is the consequence
home, a place under the stars. And it is the consequence
of
all those stars that is the eternal search. There is no
all those stars that is the eternal search. There is no
straight
path. There is no map."
path. There is no map."
David W. Berner is a memoirist whose personal stories tell all of our
stories. His memoirs reflect on our collective relationships and how
those experiences link us to the world we share. From stories of fathers
and sons, to road trips, travel memoir, pets, and music, David’s books
are mirrors of our common human experience.
Storytelling has been a part of David’s life since his days as a
young boy, delivering The Pittsburgh Press newspaper. He began telling
his own stories and the stories of others as a reporter for numerous
radio stations, including freelance work at National Public Radio and
more recently for CBS in Chicago.
David’s reporting background has given birth to award-winning memoirs and novels based on his own experiences.
He has been the Writer-in-Residence for the Jack Kerouac Project in
Orlando, where he was privileged to live and work at the Kerouac House
in Orlando for two-and-a-half months. He later was honored with the
Writer-in-Residence position at the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park, Illinois.
Website: https://www.davidwberner.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/davidwberner
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidWBernerWriter/?modal=admin_todo_tour (David W. Berner—Writer)
stories. His memoirs reflect on our collective relationships and how
those experiences link us to the world we share. From stories of fathers
and sons, to road trips, travel memoir, pets, and music, David’s books
are mirrors of our common human experience.
Storytelling has been a part of David’s life since his days as a
young boy, delivering The Pittsburgh Press newspaper. He began telling
his own stories and the stories of others as a reporter for numerous
radio stations, including freelance work at National Public Radio and
more recently for CBS in Chicago.
David’s reporting background has given birth to award-winning memoirs and novels based on his own experiences.
He has been the Writer-in-Residence for the Jack Kerouac Project in
Orlando, where he was privileged to live and work at the Kerouac House
in Orlando for two-and-a-half months. He later was honored with the
Writer-in-Residence position at the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park, Illinois.
Website: https://www.davidwberner.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/davidwberner
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidWBernerWriter/?modal=admin_todo_tour (David W. Berner—Writer)
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