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Growing Pains
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Love Poems for The Planet’s Young & Aging Partners The approach of death heightens our awareness of the sheer wonder of life. It’s appreciated all the more just because it is so transient. Growing Pains—the life experiences of two ageing partners—is a surprising celebration of what’s...
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Growing Pains
Love Poems for The Planet's Young & Aging Partners is a tender reflection on love, loss and renewal. As two lives entwine and one fades, awareness of life's fleeting wonder deepens. Through remembrance and care for each other and our planet, this collection transforms grief into quiet celebration.
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Description
Love Poems for The Planet’s Young & Aging Partners
The approach of death heightens our awareness of the sheer wonder of life. It’s appreciated all the more just because it is so transient.
Growing Pains—the life experiences of two ageing partners—is a surprising celebration of what’s often quietly dreaded. For the one eventually left behind, bereavement can also be an everyday quiet celebration of the life of the cherished partner lost—through remembrance of things past.
The real shock is realising that our unique world faces extinction too, unless we care for it as an enduring third partner.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780473762322
Publisher: Ian Carruthers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 October 2025
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Ian Carruthers
Illustration: 30 colour photographs
DIMENSIONS
Width: 165.0mm
Height: 244.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 236
About the Author
Ian Carruthers has taught Literature, Drama and Theatre ay Universities in Canada, Iraq, Jordan, Australia and Japan. He has published and edited numerous academic books, articles, and chapters in books, most notably “Performing Shakespeare in Japan” with Minami Ryuta and John Gillies, and “The Theatre of Suzuki Tadashi” with Takahashi Yasunari, both for Cambridge University Press. He retired from teaching in 2015 to better look after his ailing partner Kazuko and, following her death in 2022, emigrated to New Zealand to help his brother Richard’s family. His memoir, “Growing Pains”, aims to support an upcoming Retrospective Exhibition of Kazuko’s Glass Art to be curated by Dr. Bronwyn Hughes, President of the Australian Glass Art Society.
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