Butterflies or Tigers: a Memoir

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Butterflies or Tigers: a Memoir by Liza M. Tilson, Xlibris US
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Liza M. Tilson ISBN: 9781453512135
Publisher: Xlibris US Publication: June 9, 2010
Imprint: Xlibris US Language: English
Author: Liza M. Tilson
ISBN: 9781453512135
Publisher: Xlibris US
Publication: June 9, 2010
Imprint: Xlibris US
Language: English

Like the author herself, these improbable stories defy classification. Culled from ninety-one years of a rich and varied life, they begin with a vivid childhood memory of a terrifying hurricane at sea during her familys journey from Colombia to a new life in the U.S. What follows is a series of disparate tales that include Learning to cope with a free fall from suburban comfort in New Jersey to Great Depression rural poverty in alligator-infested central Florida; Having a mystical encounter in a sacred forest in Assisi, Italy; Being exposed to the subtleties of Earl Grays tea, Viennese shtroodel, and Bead a Meyer furniture by a sophisticated Hungarian neighbor; Causing a sudden mysterious drop in the birthrate in a Mexican fishing village; Being rescued by a French taxi driver from taking a room in a Marseille port hotel popular with sailors and their ladies of the night; Enduring a hilarious seniors-only white-water rafting trip on the Rogue River in Oregon; Finding herself stark naked in a rehabilitation center shower with a rapt audience of two attendants and a TV repair man; Through these and other experiences and adventures spanning ninety-one years, Liza Tilson opens her heart, shares the good and the bad, the funny and sad, and shows what it means to embrace life and live it fully.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Like the author herself, these improbable stories defy classification. Culled from ninety-one years of a rich and varied life, they begin with a vivid childhood memory of a terrifying hurricane at sea during her familys journey from Colombia to a new life in the U.S. What follows is a series of disparate tales that include Learning to cope with a free fall from suburban comfort in New Jersey to Great Depression rural poverty in alligator-infested central Florida; Having a mystical encounter in a sacred forest in Assisi, Italy; Being exposed to the subtleties of Earl Grays tea, Viennese shtroodel, and Bead a Meyer furniture by a sophisticated Hungarian neighbor; Causing a sudden mysterious drop in the birthrate in a Mexican fishing village; Being rescued by a French taxi driver from taking a room in a Marseille port hotel popular with sailors and their ladies of the night; Enduring a hilarious seniors-only white-water rafting trip on the Rogue River in Oregon; Finding herself stark naked in a rehabilitation center shower with a rapt audience of two attendants and a TV repair man; Through these and other experiences and adventures spanning ninety-one years, Liza Tilson opens her heart, shares the good and the bad, the funny and sad, and shows what it means to embrace life and live it fully.

More books from Xlibris US

Cover of the book Sadist Ii: the Duppy King by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book Are You Ready for Me by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book Harmonica Blues by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book K.I.S.S. Football by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book Autobiography of Sam J. Pigno by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book Just Around the Corner by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book Families in the Icu by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book The Twin Mirrors by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book Ahava by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book Stand and Fight by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book Up by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book How to Solve Crosswords: a Handbook by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book The Politics of Public Ventures by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book The Love They Could Not Share by Liza M. Tilson
Cover of the book Awaken Your Magic by Liza M. Tilson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy