{"id":38602,"date":"2020-11-28T00:40:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T04:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38602"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:57:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:57:43","slug":"review-of-keep-moving-by-maggie-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38602","title":{"rendered":"Review of Keep Moving, by Maggie Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Keep Moving<\/p>\n

Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change<\/em><\/p>\n

by Maggie Smith<\/p>\n

One Signal Publishers (Atria), 2020. 214 pages.
\nReview written November 6, 2020, from a library book
\nStarred Review
\n2020 Sonderbooks Stand-out<\/a>: #4 General Nonfiction<\/p>\n

This is a book I wish I\u2019d had when my husband left me and my life was falling apart. But ten years after the divorce was final, these words still encourage me greatly. I expect I will buy copies of this book to give as gifts in case I ever have friends in tough situations where their expectations for what their life was going to be crumble. Even in the present, reading these words keep me moving. I\u2019ll be posting lots of quotes from it on my Sonderquotes blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bulk of this book is inspirational encouragement on each page, finished by the words \u2013 on every page \u2013 \u201cKEEP MOVING.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an example:<\/p>\n

Focus on who you are and what you\u2019ve built, not who you\u2019d planned on being and what you\u2019d expected to have. Trust that the present moment \u2013 however difficult, however different from what you\u2019d imagined \u2013 has something to teach you.<\/p>\n

KEEP MOVING.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here\u2019s another:<\/p>\n

You are not betraying your grief by feeling joy. You are not being graded, and you do not receive extra credit for being miserable 100% of the time. Find pockets of relief, even happiness, when and where you can. <\/p>\n

KEEP MOVING.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are three main sections: Revision, Resilience, and Transformation. Within each section, in between these inspirational sayings made to be quoted, we\u2019ve got pages here and there of smaller text, giving us the context of when the author had to deal with loss, in more than one way.<\/p>\n

She began this book by writing daily goals for herself as her life was falling apart — and she kept going.<\/p>\n

After writing this review, I decided to buy my own copy so I can come back to it again and again. Every day I’m reading a page to encourage me and keep me moving.<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

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