Body: My Life in Parts (Paperback or Softback)

"This is a brilliant new way to write a memoir... I feel enriched, and grateful to discover a different way to go through my days. I loved every word." Abigail Thomas, author of A Three Dog Life

Body: My Life in Parts is the memoir of an ex-pat Norwegian Lutheran turned American Viking Jewess who is on a quest. This front-end Gen X'er wonders "How the hell did I end up here, now, like this?" The author uses her body to find her answers. In stand-alone but interconnected chapters ("Eyes," "Belly," "Breasts," "Hands," etc.; 16 chapters in all), body parts serve as portals toward remembrances grounded in the physical body while linking to other forms of experience, with one goal: making sense of a life that she realizes-only through writing it- has been full of reactivity and agency, despite her rarely noticing it in the moment.

A quiet, grounding book in turbulent, uncertain times, Body: My Life in Parts, shows the reader how the treasure chest that is her own body can be a source of meaningful discovery, and recovery, of meaning. This book celebrates the body as witness and recordkeeper; a most dependable collaborator in "keeping the score" and in living a more examined life.

An appendix with body memory/writing prompts is also included, serving as a guide for readers who want to explore how to re-member-bring together-their own life-building stories.

Nina B. Lichtenstein is a native of Oslo, Norway and holds a PhD in French from the University of Connecticut and an MFA in creative nonfiction from Southern Maine University's Stonecoast program. She is the founder and director of Maine Writers Studio, and the author of 'Sephardic Women's Voices: Out of North Africa'. She has three grown sons and lives in Maine with her husband. Visit: ninalichtenstein.com