{"id":3982,"date":"2015-10-19T17:28:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3982"},"modified":"2015-10-19T17:28:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:28:24","slug":"the-light-of-the-world-a-memoir-by-elizabeth-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3982","title":{"rendered":"The Light of the World, A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3998\" style=\"width: 134px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1600158\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3998\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Light-of-the-World-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Light of the World\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Light-of-the-World-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Light-of-the-World.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2191 Reserve a copy \u2191<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The book jacket states that Alexander writes &#8220;a lyrical celebration of a life well-lived.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0This is so true. \u00a0She beautifully illustrates the love she and her husband shared and the life they made together.\u00a0\u00a0She also tells stories about her husband Ficre&#8217;s life (he was from Eritrea, in the\u00a0Horn of Africa) as a chef and a painter. \u00a0Sadly, her husband died unexpectedly.\u00a0\u00a0The story continues as she and her\u00a0two sons slowly but surely make their way from grief to light. \u00a0The book is beautifully written and a fitting tribute to a wonderful and talented man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The book jacket states that Alexander writes &#8220;a lyrical celebration of a life well-lived.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0This is so true. \u00a0She beautifully illustrates the love she and her husband shared and the life they made together.\u00a0\u00a0She also tells stories about her husband Ficre&#8217;s life (he was from Eritrea, in the\u00a0Horn of Africa) as a chef and a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3982\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Light of the World, A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,10,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-nonfiction","category-reviewed-by-chris-b"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}