Finding Lily: A Memoir por Clewes, Richard - 2006

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. SIGNED to title page, with Clewes' business card from Clique Communications inserted. Soft cover. 192 pp. B&W illustration by the author. Light rubbing to covers, crease with some light soiling to upper corner of front cover. "Life goes on," offered his friends and family. But to adman Richard Clewes--caught emotionally unawares in the brutal and raw aftermath of his wife's suicide, finding a new way to live meant leaving the safe confines of a familiar life and embarking on a physical--and a spiritual--quest. Thus began a six-month round-the-world sojourn--armed with not much else but his grief, his confusion, and a sketchpad. Part travelogue, part contemplation, Finding Lily is a rich visual record in words and illustrated postcards (mailed by the author to himself along the way_ chronicling the events and the people who guide his journey across four continents and diverse cultures.