My Story: A Memoir in Poetry and Prose

by Katherine Billings Palmer

Overview

From the author of I Wanted to Grow Old With You and A Widow's Words comes a new collection of empowering poems and essays focused on life, love, and gaining wisdom and self-confidence as we age.

My Story is a compelling memoir composed of more than one hundred poems and essays that explore the author's life, inner conflict, and eventual journey to self-acceptance. This often poignant and frequently humorous collection explores issues that plagued the author in her childhood and teens and how the birth of her son became the catalyst that pushed her to triumph over anxiety, self-sabotage, and negative self-image, and ultimately to a journey of self-discovery.

The memoir touches on profound themes including generational trauma, anxiety, and widowhood, but also captures the joys of motherhood, the delights of love and marriage, valuable life lessons, and overcoming our inner critic to achieve body positivity and self-love.

Seniors will especially appreciate the poems devoted to the unpredictability of dating over sixty, the joys of grandparenting, and coming to terms with aging.

Beautifully written, My Story is an honest personal account of one woman's life journey that will resonate with anyone who has battled lifetime insecurities to achieve personal growth, self-acceptance, and inner peace.

A perfect gift for:

• Poetry lovers
• Women and men of all ages
• Seniors coming to terms with aging
• Anyone in search of positive and empowering books
• Gift-givers in search of unique presents

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798327100060
Publisher:	Katherine Billings Palmer
Publication date:	09/23/2024
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Katherine Billings Palmer is an author, poet, essayist, and retired technical writer from Garden City, Michigan. Her latest book, My Story: A Memoir in Poetry and Prose is a compelling memoir composed of more than one hundred poems and essays that explore the author’s life, inner conflict, and eventual journey to self-acceptance. The often poignant and frequently humorous collection explores issues that plagued the author in her childhood and teens and how the birth of her son became the catalyst that pushed her to triumph over anxiety, self-sabotage, and negative self-image, and ultimately to a journey of self-discovery.

The memoir touches on profound themes including generational trauma, anxiety, and widowhood, but also captures the joys of motherhood, the delights of love and marriage, the intricacies of dating as a senior, valuable life lessons, and overcoming our inner critic to achieve body positivity and self-love.

Katherine's essays and poems have been published in Westland Writes and the Bear River Review. She has also won several academic writing awards, including first place in the University of Michigan Dearborn Critical Essay Contest for her work about poet John Donne: “’The Sun Rising’: A Lover’s Boast.”

Following her husband’s death, she published three books about her struggles to cope with grief: A Widow’s Words: Grief, Reflection, Prose, and Poetry - The First Year, A Widow’s Words, Year Two: Grief, Reflection, Prose, Poetry, and Hope, and I Wanted to Grow Old With You: A Widow's First Year of Grief in Poetry.

Katherine is a guest blogger for the Hope for Widows Foundation. Her biography and blog can be found at her website: TheWritingWoman. She also posts her poetry on Instagram and TikTok @thewritingwoman.