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    Inside Out Heart: Volume 1: Poems for my dying father & after
    Inside Out Heart: Volume 1: Poems for my dying father & after
    Inside Out Heart: Volume 1: Poems for my dying father & after
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    Inside Out Heart: Volume 1: Poems for my dying father & after

    By SJP Dooley

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    This is a poetic exploration of what it means for a son to care for his father in his final year of life, and what then arises after. After his father was diagnosed with cancer, the author became his primary carer. During the challenges of this final year, as his father lay bedridden, the author sought so

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStellar Violets
    Release dateDec 11, 2020
    ISBN9781922399014
    Inside Out Heart: Volume 1: Poems for my dying father & after
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    SJP Dooley

    SJP Dooley is a writer, voice artist, actor, photographer, & co-founder of Stellar Violets Life Library Living Museum & Gallery. Through these, and other avenues, he seeks to give voice to soul, and engage with what it means to be present on this earth at this time. Inside Out Heart emerged from the struggle that was the final chapter of his father's life.

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