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More Connections
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781493711758
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 6 2014
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
As a heart surgeon, Richard MacArthur often found himself with a person's life hanging in the balance. As a father, he experienced the first flutter of existence with the arrival of his children. As an American, he was forced to make sense of the fatal attacks of so many of his countrymen. More Connections gathers the poems he has written over the decades to process those events and many others.
From the pump and push of blood on the operating table to a threatening personal diagnosis, this absorbing collection reveals one man under the harsh glare of his most defining moments. In his work as a surgeon, MacArthur encountered the fleeting passage between this life and the thereafter. As a man, he also encountered the fragility of the human heart, and how love can be shattered, perhaps irreparably. More Connections lays bare his most intimate responses during a trajectory that offered much to reflect upon, and as much to celebrate.
With deeply felt honesty and rich emotion, this poignant, pulsing collection represents one life examined, every step of the way. Anyone who seeks a rare look at the workings of the human heart will treasure this tender, truthful book.
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