The Journal Keeper A Memoir

For many, journal keeping is a time to pause and contemplate on daily events and look back on life as it unfolds. Divorced and with her children long gone from the nest, Phyllis Theroux gave up urban life to live in a small town with her elderly mother. Finding herself at a spiritual and emotional crossroads, Theroux began to keep a journal of her thoughts, feelings, and musings by her favorite authors. In The Journal Keeper, Theroux crafts her reflections into an openhearted and unflinching account of the ups and downs of those years. A natural storyteller, she slips her arm into yours, like an old friend going for a stroll-talking about love, loneliness, growing old, financial worries, and caring for an aging parent. Book jacket.

Phyllis Theroux’s books include a memoir, several essay collections, a novella, Giovanni’s Light, and an anthology, The Book of Eulogies. She lives in Ashland, Virginia.