COMING April 2010!

Burned: A Memoir
Available April 2010

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How to Bury a Goldfish (More info...)

January 2010

Teaching Trauma & the Arts at CCSF.
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April 2010

Appearing at
- Bird & Beckett
- RJ Julia Booksellers
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May 2010

Appearing at the following bookstores:
- Book Passage
- Kepler's
- Green Apple
- Borders - Stonestown
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Early Praise for Burned:A Memoir

A deeply moving, beautifully written, and transforming story of how one family lived through unbearable tragedy and separation while finding the love and courage to journey back to life.

- Greg Mortenson
Author of #1 New York Times Bestseller,
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to
Promote Peace...One School at a Time

Meticulous and moving...Louise Nayer's memoir makes a large statement about human healing.

- Carl Dennis, Pulitzer Prize winning poet

As a poet and writer Louise Nayer has established herself as a singular voice of her generation.

- Robert Creeley

Reviews

This book is filled with family rituals for many important occasions. Rituals are simply events given what Mary Oliver calls "the rich lens of attention". But in the end, they are what give us mindful joy and connect us to each other. I recommend this book as a way to be more intentional in the life of your family and community.

- Mary Piper, author of 'Reviving Ophelia'

'How to Bury a Goldfish' is a great gift. Filled with rituals that bring simplicity and clarity to our busy lives, it reminds us that everyday family traditions are what give our lives meaning.

- Marilyn J. Mason, Ph.D., psychologist
author of 'Seven Mountains: Life Lessons
from a Climber's Journal'

Louise Nayer is a markedly gifted poet.

- Robert Creeley

She has sharp imagery and honesty in her work, and her poetry is in touch with life, as poetry at its best is supposed to be

- John Logan