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  • Genre:BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • SubGenre:Personal Memoirs
  • Language:English
  • Pages:180
  • Paperback ISBN:9781098333690

Still Going

by Gilda Zelin

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Overview
This collection of observations on everyday life, family, and the customs of the past will amuse, surprise and encourage readers everywhere to keep going. Illustrated with her vibrant and spirited color paintings, Gilda Zelin's musings and reflections will delight your eyes, tickle your funny bone and make you ponder. These essays and short stories are a sequel to A Widow's Journey, which chronicles Gilda's evolution in the years after her husband Joel's death. She says, "Come and ask me questions, leaf through the scrapbook of my mind, and I will tell you stories…"
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"...Leaf through the scrapbook of my mind, and I will tell you stories..." This book serves as hope and inspiration for those who must change their lives due to circumstance.

Gilda Zelin's essays and ponderings are beautifully illustrated with 33 of her full-color paintings in this beautiful, accessible, thought-provoking art book.

After her husband passed (A Widow's Journey), Zelin began to explore her creativity--and her essential self--in writing and painting. Zelin's humor and quirky observations will lift your spirits and encourage you to keep going...

About the author
Gilda Zelin was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Adelphi University with a BA in English and a Masters in Education. She and her husband retired to California, where she first started to write and paint. Her first book is a memoir, A Widow's Journey, published after her husband's death. Zelin began to write short stories for the "First Person Singular" program on a local radio station, and continues to write and illustrate her life experiences with sensitivity and humor in this wise and wonderful book. Gilda's life is filled with a medley of yoga, walking, painting, volunteering in community organizations, and writing … and she is still going!