| Description |
xvi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references (pages 263-266) |
| Summary |
More than a vanlife memoir, The Songs We Sing, A 33,000 Mile Celebration of Threshold Singers, Community Singing Circles, and Natural Wonders, is the tale of a pilgrimage. Service and song inspired Susie Joyce to step off the treadmill and follow her passion. She travels to seventy Threshold Choir chapters and community singing circles in the US and Canada on a quest to honor the service of singing at the bedsides of the dying, and the singers and songwriters who are dedicated to a culture of kindness and connection. In this engaging account of that ecstatic journey, songs, stories, and thought-provoking interviews, research, and insights on conscious living and dying merge with vivid descriptions of the wild and unexpected places where her wanderings lead. Whether camping in sacred forests, fleeing the path of tornados or fighting off hungry mosquitoes, learning to make peace with the solitude that dominated the journey was Susie?s biggest challenge. The bonding she felt singing with choir members wherever she might be empowered her to push the limits of solitude between visits. Experiencing the full force of the universal ache for human connection, she tells us she may never have felt so alone or so alive. Song is the bridge that carried her from longing to belonging. It may not have been the most sensible move for a great-grandmother with limited means to retire, give up her apartment, let go of her worldly possessions, and leave friends and community behind to set out for parts unknown in a twenty-year-old Roadtrek camper van, but Susie has no regrets. With the support of choir members who welcomed her as family offering driveway camping, showers, meals, and homemade biscuits, the dream was realized. |
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Joyce, Susie.
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Singers.
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Terminal care.
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Van life.
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Voyages and travels.
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| Genre |
Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9781953120595 |
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1953120598 |
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