Becoming Earth
Becoming Earth by Eva Saulitis, published by Red Hen Press in August 2016, is a poignant exploration of life and mortality. In this 144-page memoir, Saulitis reflects on her experiences after surviving breast cancer in her late forties, only to confront the inevitability of death once more. Through her journey, she draws inspiration from European poets, Buddhist scholars, and the wisdom shared in treatment chat rooms, all while observing the natural world around her.
Readers will find a deeply personal narrative that intertwines themes of nostalgia and the fleeting nature of existence. Saulitis examines her connections to family and routine, as well as the stark realities of nature, such as the salmon struggling in the river. This memoir presents a woman’s quest for understanding in a world that continues to thrive despite her impending absence, offering insights into the human experience in the face of loss.
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After beating breast cancer in her late forties, Eva Saulitis again faces the shadow, knowing this time the result will not end well. Saulitis revels in the nostalgia and secret pleasures that come from knowing it’s all fleeting. She searches for answers from European poets and Buddhist scholars, from women in treatment chat rooms, from family, from routine; she looks out into the wilderness, at the salmon dying in the river without the ease of morphine, at stone structures broken from water freezing, expanding inside. Becoming Earth is the account of a woman living life in the presence of death, trying to make sense of a world that will keep going, even though she won’t.
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