The Hospitality of Trees is now available from the publisher
Contact the publisher at publisher@shorelinepress.ca
Praise for The Hospitality of Trees:
“In Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt’s hands, words become anything but ordinary—from the scent of lindens along a lakeshore, the imprint of wings on snow, to her father’s last winter on earth, the serious business of living. Poems both fearless and humble. Tenderly, forcefully, they influence our lives.”
-Susan Musgrave, author of Hunger
“The spirit of Rilke hovers over these direct, fine poems. Anyone who knows and loves the small lakeside village of North Hatley, Quebec, will recognize its cherished face in these poems of family, nature, and close observation. The passing of the poet’s father, his last hours a ‘slow barefoot march/over a snowy field,’ is especially poignant. The mystery of the world remains intact in The Hospitality of Trees.”
-Derek Webster, author of National Animal
“This quiet devotional of poems explores how very far it isn’t necessary to travel to discover wonder and gratitude for the natural world we are inseparable from.”
-Ann Scowcroft, author of The Truth About Houses
“These sensuous, verdant poems celebrate a rich, domestic life rooted in the Eastern Townships, while at the same time lamenting what nature, and time, takes from us. Bellehumeur-Allat, wisely, perceives both comfort and menace in our natural world; hospitality and indifference are presented her in equal measure.”
-Rebecca Pǎpucaru, author of As Good A Place as Any