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'To Keep the Light Burning: Reflections in Times of Loss'
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By: Anne Le Marquand Hartigan
Publisher: Salmon Poetry
Published: November 2008
Pages: 96
Categories: Literature
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781903392966
ASIN: 1903392969

To Keep the Light Burning is a book of poetry and prose composed to be helpful to the bereaved. It is a collection of writings that could also be read at funerals, traditional burials, cremations, or at newer forms of memorial. "... a top pick for poetry lovers who have lost another love."--Midwest Book Review

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