Bøker av Abigail Jewell

In her fifth poetry book Abigail Jewell finds words for the intersections of hope, love, healing, feminism, consumerism, sustainability, and more. An amalgamation of inner conversations and the questioning that comes as one relearns. Sounds of her playful, but deeply personal, existential angst sound like: "I land here heavily. Pretending I didn't know it was coming. How is it that every yearI grow evermore dissatisfied With the systems that surrounded me. ..."and "None of us get freeUntil all of us get freeI'm beginning to seeHow in my lifetimeI'll never win, We'll never arrive To that society without sin. I'll just keep gettingBotox advertisementsTill the day I die, Shamed for growing olderShamed for 'letting myself go.'"The perfect companion for a hard hitting, yet hopeful, bemusement of the shit-shows of life.

In this memoir, Abigail Jewell shares her story of growing up in fundamental evangelical church spaces in the U.S. and slowly shifting from a worldview of dichotomy and certainty to one of liberating compassion. Her story, echoed by many who left the church during the 2016 presidency or pandemic lockdowns, to never return, is both an personal narrative on faith and love, and collective invitation to heal. "Healing is not always linear, and even when we're healed- doctors giving us permission to unlace the boot, to cut the cast, to meet for therapy less frequently, encouraged to climb again- we are not who we once were.It is bittersweet to know this. To see with a gentle nostalgia the way we used to live, and to know that it no longer fits us. To walk the paths we know and love, but to also observe that now we walk them differently." (Excerpt from Chapter 6).

In this fourth poetry book by Abigail Jewell she walks with us into the daily scenes, as though introducing us for the very first time to life, and a life well lived. From"This is where the artist lives, Hope on the brink of creation."to reminders of our enoughness, Abigail treads the complexities of relationships, academia, and artistry along side us, with gifts of loving encouragement and poetic perspective.This collection of Spring themed poems and affirmations exchange with each passing page, centering Abigail's story and then our own. Over 75 proverbs are compiled here in shapes along a spectrum from epitaphic brevity to page long essays. Sink a little deeper into the daily, and reframe your seasonal living, with benedictions and original illustrations, in "Interwoven into Everything"