WHEN THE HEART OVERFLOWS: verses & vignettes

by Alean Saunders-Coffey

Overview

Emanating from the inspiration and pen of Alean Saunders-Coffey, When the Heart Overflows: verses and vignettes/i> offers poignant themes of gratitude, compassion, justice, love, and peace. Woven throughout this assemblage of poems, essays, prayers, meditations, expressions from great writers, leaders, and teachers, are musings, recollections, and reflections composed with veracity and sensitivity. Trauma, injustice, and suffering are acknowledged; joy, pleasure, affection, and harmony are celebrated.

As she presented so eloquently in her debut publication, The Beauty of Words: Poems and Essays for Uncertain Times, Dr. Saunders-Coffey continues to employ concrete imagery to paint pictures with words for the people who read her compilations. Using verses and vignettes, she invites readers to accompany her on a voyage that parallels life stages with the meteorological seasons. Thoughtful and refreshing writings encourage one to pause and reflect upon people, places, times, and events they encounter in each episode of life.

This introspective and heartening compendium offers a glimpse at a path everyone must travel. Words of comfort, inspiration, and encouragement are bestowed as companions for the journey.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798369259467
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	02/01/2024
Pages:	88
Sales rank:	102,154
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.21(d)

About the Author

Alean Saunders-Coffey retired from a four-decade career in Human Resources, Organizational Development and Career Services, including leadership roles as consultant, manager, teacher, and mentor in health care, telecommunications, museum arts, and university administration.

She is the author of The Beauty of Words: Poems and Essays For Uncertain Times, her debut book published in 2022. In addition to her own writing, she is editor of the Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church publication, Testimonies on Grief and Loss.

Alean earned a doctorate in International and Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco, a master's degree in education and a bachelor's degree in Sociology from San Francisco State University.

Alean writes from her home in Northern California.

Editorial Reviews

As one reads the verses and vignettes in this book, one not only enjoys the beauty of its words, but is also invited into the inner thoughts of the writer, her joys, gratitudes and fiery convictions. Some deeply personal writings describe the experience and heritage of persons the reader is left free to decide who they may be. A surprise discovery is the place of music in the writer's life, emerging enough to suggest it is an indispensable element. Thank you, Alean Saunders-Coffey.

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