- Paperback: 216 pages
- Publisher: Goose Lane Editions; No edition edition (Sep 19 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0864924631
- ISBN-13: 978-0864924636
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #258,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sometimes the life we have constructed needs to fall apart before we can begin the process of making something better. After his first marriage ended, Philip Lee found himself living with his younger brother in an old fisherman’s house by the sea, trying to restore some order to the wreckage of his life. It was a dark year of rain-bucket showers, blowtorch espresso, and abandoned renovation projects. They were bachelors in every sense of the word. With wit, warmth, and sensitivity, Philip Lee writes about this dark year, the struggle to rebuild his life and family and his rediscovery of love’s possibilities. Lee’s journey takes him from the coastlines of Eastern Canada to the cities of China and the Greek island of Naxos. Cutting to the heart of the matter, he explores how it is that we might lift ourselves up through the great work of love.
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This book is a crow’s nest view of Philip Lee’s personal odyssey through the tortured aftermath of divorce, turbulent channels of self discovery, and estuaries of self-realization. Not that the odd squall doesn’t blow in. Philip Lee weathers “the dark year” — a year in which two newly divorced brothers rough it in a decrepit summer home devoid of creature comforts. Fuelled by blowtorch-rendered espresso, true love, and a will to shape a better future, Philip Lee tackles his own shortcomings in a bid for happiness: the ultimate grail. With wry wit, warmth, and sensitivity, Lee shares a personal journey that takes him from the coastlines of Eastern Canada to the cities of China and the Greek island of Naxos. Cutting to the heart of the matter, he explores how it is that we might lift ourselves up through the great work of love.
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Bittersweet = all sweet for the reader! A MUST read, Jan 23 2009
By B. Glauser "bg" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bittersweet: Confessions of a Twice-Married Man (Paperback)
For anyone holding love and family as high values in their life, "Bittersweet" will move you profoundly. I find it is very rare that an author is able to tell an autobiographic tale with the level of candor, intimacy, insight, and humor with which Lee tells his story... An absolute delight to read. Lee has a unique journalistic writing style - he keeps things so simple, and easy to read, but at the same time, the reader knows they're not sifting through fluff. This is high quality prose - elegant and pure. Lee paints a picture of Canada's east coast no reader will soon forget, and all the while, his story takes us all across North America, even abroad to China and Greece... beautiful imagery throughout. True wisdom laces every page of this book, and never a drop of ego or over-self-reflection... To Philip Lee, if you're reading this, Bravo. To potential readers, buying this book is a decision you will not regret.
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