Product Description

Beautifully crafted, sensitive and enlightening, One Hundred Years of Ermintrude, is a breath of fresh air to the poetry arena. Drawing on the imaginative vitality of the magic-realist mode, the book tells the stories of 3 members of one family, presided over by the indomitable Ermintrude, condensing defining moments in each life into stanza form. The result is a highly evocative, affecting poem-story. The eponymous opening tale of centenarian Ermintrude is recounted backwards, opening with the image of her wreath and ending with her mother s pregnancy, and establishes the probing questions about time and life that characterise the ensuing tales of her children, Tristan and Lucy. The stories intertwine, musing on family, individuality, and mortality, whilst the prismatic writing bears endless re-reading and the beautiful illustrations by Jaquetta Trueman interspersed throughout add a charming visual.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2709714 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 119 pages

Review
A truly poignant story of how life changes. It made me think about how the bad times quickly change to good times. Really thought provoking and I will be sending a copy to my mum and my aunt, I know they will love it. It suits all ages, as you can identify with each stage of life with yours. --Pauline Baird

Beautiful, inspiring, moving, emotional, poignant and full from cover to cover with the most amazing energy. Thank you Tom, I am a different person for having read 100 Years Of Ermintrude. --Pete Dickson

Stop, look and listen. Read, learn and inwardly digest. I'm touched and delighted. I'm quiet. Thank you. --Jackie Walker

About the Author
Tom Evans - author, poet, musician & business catalyst Tom has been beavering away for 30 odd years in the broadcasting, telecomms & Internet industries when all the time, inside, there was a budding author just waiting to get out. His techie years were not completely wasted as the first of many of his creations, the Ermintrude Years Trilogy was conceived and designed initially for distribution via the Internet. He is currently working on a collaborative book with two other psychics on the nature of consciousness and reality. He is also currently working on a novel about cosmology, evolution and consciousness, due out sometime this year. He has a knack for inspiration, innovation and intuition and he now teaches authors how to channel and write their own books