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Walking distance : pilgrimage, parenthood, grief, and home repairs
- Title
- Walking distance : pilgrimage, parenthood, grief, and home repairs / David Hlavsa.
- Author
- Hlavsa, David.
- Publication
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- x, 126 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "In the summer of 2000, David Hlavsa and his wife Lisa Holtby embarked on a pilgrimage. After trying for three years to conceive a child and suffering through the monthly cycle of hope and disappointment, they decided to walk the Camino de Santiago, a joint enterprise--and an act of faith--they hoped would strengthen their marriage and prepare them for parenthood. Though walking more than 400 miles across the north of Spain turned out to be more difficult than they had anticipated, after a series of misadventures, including a brief stay in a Spanish hospital, they arrived in Santiago. Shortly after their return to Seattle, Lisa became pregnant, and the hardships of the Camino were no comparison to what followed: the stillbirth of their first son and Lisa's harrowing second pregnancy. Walking Distance is a moving and disarmingly funny book, a good story with a happy ending--the safe arrival of David and Lisa's second son, Benjamin. David and Lisa get more than they bargained for, but they also get exactly what they wanted: a child, a solid marriage, and a richer life"--Publisher's website.
- Subjects
- Hlavsa, David
- Joy
- Trails > Spain
- Parenthood
- Grief
- College teachers > Washington (State) > Seattle > Biography
- Saint Martin's University
- Fetal death
- Camino de Santiago de Compostela > Description and travel
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Camino de Santiago de Compostela
- College teachers > Washington (State) > Lacey > Biography
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Spain
- Biography (note)
- Seattle author and playwright David Hlavsa heads the Theatre Arts Department at Saint Martin's University, Lacey, Washington, where he has been teaching acting, directing, playwriting and film studies since 1989. Hlavsa is also an arts writer for the Seattle Repertory Theatre, and has published more than twenty articles and study guides on Shakespeare, Chekhov, Synge, Pirandello, Goldoni, Feydeau, David Mamet, August Wilson and others.
- Call Number
- JFD 15-5103
- ISBN
- 1611861861
- 9781611861860
- OCLC
- 908990941
- Author
- Hlavsa, David.
- Title
- Walking distance : pilgrimage, parenthood, grief, and home repairs / David Hlavsa.
- Imprint
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Biography
- Seattle author and playwright David Hlavsa heads the Theatre Arts Department at Saint Martin's University, Lacey, Washington, where he has been teaching acting, directing, playwriting and film studies since 1989. Hlavsa is also an arts writer for the Seattle Repertory Theatre, and has published more than twenty articles and study guides on Shakespeare, Chekhov, Synge, Pirandello, Goldoni, Feydeau, David Mamet, August Wilson and others.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-5103