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A review by twistingsnake
Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir by D. J. Waldie
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
The hymn the choir sang was Pange Lingua, a hymn traditional for Good Friday. Among its many verses are some addressed to the cross itself.
Dulce lignum,
Dulces clavos,
Dulce pondus sustinet.
Sweet the wood,
Sweet the nails,
Sweet the weight you bear.
A love letter to the place you were born down to the very foundations of it. Waldie's memoir is a history of everything that makes up his body in a way that truly reflects on how much of what we are is based on where we lived and why we lived there. I tore out many sections of this for poetry, which is one of the highest compliments I can give to anything.
Dulce lignum,
Dulces clavos,
Dulce pondus sustinet.
Sweet the wood,
Sweet the nails,
Sweet the weight you bear.
A love letter to the place you were born down to the very foundations of it. Waldie's memoir is a history of everything that makes up his body in a way that truly reflects on how much of what we are is based on where we lived and why we lived there. I tore out many sections of this for poetry, which is one of the highest compliments I can give to anything.