Lightkeeper (eBook)

A Memoir Through the Lens of Love and Loss

Stacy Waldman Bass (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
Diversion Publishing (Verlag)
979-8-89515-075-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A luminous story of loss and resilience, Lightkeeper captures acclaimed photographer Stacy Bass's personal journey through griefand the art of keeping her parents' legacy alive through memory and photography.In 1995, when a tragic seaplane accident on Block Island claimed her father's life, Bass's world shattered. She began to write as a way to process her excruciating grief, while gathering the pieces of his life through collected photographs. Some twenty-five years later, her mother was diagnosed with, and ultimately died from, pancreatic cancer after a one-year battle against that harrowing disease. During her mother's illness, Bass created a living tribute of images and words that built a community of support around her mother when she needed it most. By collecting and sharing photographs of her parents, Michael and Jessica Waldman, Bass recognized how photographs serve not merely as records but as powerful portals into memorygateways to the stories that exist just outside the frame. Filled with stunning prose and vibrant photography, this evocative memoir reveals how Bass became the "e;lightkeeper"e; of her family's legacy, preserving their stories for future generations. For anyone who has loved deeply and lost tragically, Lightkeeper offers both solace and inspirationreminding us that the light of those who have been lost always endures.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.9.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
• ISBN-13: 979-8-89515-075-7 / 9798895150757