{"product_id":"love-you-bye-a-daughters-journey-in-essays-and-poems-paperback","title":"Love You, Bye: A Daughter's Journey in Essays and Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrenda Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous collection of essays and poems about family, faith, and the art of saying goodbye from award-winning essayist, poet, and teacher Brenda Miller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLove You, Bye\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author Brenda Miller maps the territory of caregiving, loss, and unexpected grace. The title--drawn from the simple phrase she and her mother said to each other for years--captures the bittersweet essence of a book that finds profound meaning in the most ordinary expressions of love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of this collection lies the story of Miller's journey as the \"wayward daughter\" who becomes the devoted caregiver to her aging parents, chronicling her father's gradual decline and her mother's final months with remarkable vulnerability. From the rituals of Passover to the silence of hospice rooms, from the mysterious appearances of tree frogs to the sacred work of singing at deathbeds, Miller weaves together the ordinary and the transcendent, often finding that the sacred is embedded in the mundane.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiller's voice moves seamlessly between prose and poetry, between humor and heartbreak, between the personal and the universal. She transforms the simple act of saying goodbye into an art form and the everyday language of love into something approaching prayer. \u003ci\u003eLove You, Bye\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone navigating the complexities of aging parents, the mysteries of faith, or the simple courage required to keep loving in a world that can break our hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrenda Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six essay collections, including \u003ci\u003eA Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eListening Against the Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn Earlier Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Washington State Book Award for Memoir. Her work has received seven Pushcart Prizes. She co-authored, with Suzanne Paola, the textbook \u003ci\u003eTell it Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e and co-wrote, with Holly J. Hughes, \u003ci\u003eThe Pen and the Bell: Mindful Writing in a Busy World\u003c\/i\u003e. She is Professor Emerita of Creative Writing at Western Washington University and lives in Bellingham, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52011878285613,"sku":"9781558969759","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/love-you-bye-a-daughters-journey-in-essays-and-poems-paperback-9308463.webp?v=1777443969","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/love-you-bye-a-daughters-journey-in-essays-and-poems-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}