From Life's Notebook

About this book

Between this book's covers, you do not merely read words, but listen to the soul's sighs telling their story with time. "From Life's Notebook" is no mere poetry collection, but a mirror reflecting those moments we all pass through and find no voice for; the moment of worry's weight on shoulders in the poem "Carrier," parting's anguish making a human a "wanderer" in his own house among his memories, and motherhood's nostalgia overflowing as prayer and blessing. Suzan El-Fitouri moves us with innate literary mastery between estrangement's melancholy and the days' cruelty, and between "Ramadan lanterns'" warmth and "the bread loaf's" simplicity. She does not write poetry for the elite alone, but writes for the human who knows what it means that "hair grows white and bones complain" yet his heart still beats with love and hope. The collection's tone progresses between the mystery of wounds that never heal, and the inspiration of white hearts searching for peace in a world full of conflicts. This book is an invitation to reclaim wonder in small details, and hold fast to authentic values in a time of "glossy images." It is an exploratory journey into the "notebook" where we hid our disappointments and victories, to discover in the end that life, despite its cruelty, deserves to be lived with a forbearing and grateful heart. If you seek literature that resembles you, pats your wounds, and reminds you of "the gathering's" beauty and "the home's" warmth, then these pages were written specially to be your companion.