Gather the Fragments

Description

In this memoir, Maureen O'Brien reflects on the gospel story of the miracle of the loaves and fishes and what she learns about herself, the people around her, and a fragmented but still beautiful world.  Maureen O’Brien is the author of the spiritual memoir What Was Lost: Seeking Refuge in the Psalms. She is a contributor to St. Anthony Messenger and the online site Pause+Pray. She has also published a novel, B-mother (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and The Other Cradling, a chapbook of poems (Finishing Line Press). Her award-winning short stories and poems have been published widely in magazine and anthologies. She lives in Connecticut where she taught creative writing to teenagers for twenty-five years. She finds beauty in the contrasts of life—sunrise and dusk, crying and laughter—they never cease to amaze her.