Should I Still Wish: A Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803295223)

In this candid and moving memoir, John W. Evans articulates the complicated joys of falling in love again as a young widower. Though heartbroken after his wife's violent death, Evans realizes that he cannot remain inconsolable and adrift, living with his in-laws in Indiana. Motivated by a small red X on a map, Evans musters the courage for a cross-country trip. From the Badlands to Yellowstone to the foothills of the Sierra Mountains, Evans's hope and determination propel him even as he contemplates his vulnerability and the legacy of a terrible tragedy.

Should I Still Wish chronicles Evans's efforts to leave an intense year of grief behind, to make peace with the natural world again, and to reconnect with a woman who promises, like San Francisco itself, a life of abundance and charm. With unflinching honesty Evans plumbs the uncertainties, doubts, and contradictions of a paradoxical experience in this love story, celebration of fatherhood, meditation on the afterlife of grief and resilience, and, ultimately, showcase for life's many profound incongruities.

Author: John W. Evans
ISBN-10: 0803295227
ISBN-13: 9780803295223
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2017
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2016