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Barbara J. Dzikowski
My love of philosophy and my experience/training as a counselor led me to write novels about ordinary people
whose lives reveal extraordinary truths
(as every life does). Authors who inspire me
include Elizabeth Strout, Anne Tyler,
Carson McCullers, Marcus Zusak, Nicole Krauss,
and Donna Tartt.
The Fireweed Moon is my newest novel, the final
book in the Moon Trilogy, which examines Blaise
Pascal's quote ("When one does not love too much, one does not love enough") through the lens of many different family relationships
(between partners, parents and children, among siblings, ourselves, and
the generations that came before us).
The Fireweed Moon was written in the midst of the COVID pandemic--which was also in the midst of the horrific George Floyd murder. In the aftermath of the murder, I was inspired by the throngs of young people all across the nation who took to the streets in passionate protest, reminding me of the demonstrations for love and justice back in the 1960s. The seclusion of this odd time in our history also triggered an intense period of personal life review/reflection for me, aided and abetted by the discovery of dozens of letters written by my parents and various members of my family during
WW II.
All these elements came together in The Fireweed Moon. I hope you will find it to be a testimony for anti-hate as well as to the power each of us have to make a positive difference through our choices, large and small, when we dare to love too much.
My love of philosophy and my experience/training as a counselor led me to write novels about ordinary people
whose lives reveal extraordinary truths
(as every life does). Authors who inspire me
include Elizabeth Strout, Anne Tyler,
Carson McCullers, Marcus Zusak, Nicole Krauss,
and Donna Tartt.
The Fireweed Moon is my newest novel, the final
book in the Moon Trilogy, which examines Blaise
Pascal's quote ("When one does not love too much, one does not love enough") through the lens of many different family relationships
(between partners, parents and children, among siblings, ourselves, and
the generations that came before us).
The Fireweed Moon was written in the midst of the COVID pandemic--which was also in the midst of the horrific George Floyd murder. In the aftermath of the murder, I was inspired by the throngs of young people all across the nation who took to the streets in passionate protest, reminding me of the demonstrations for love and justice back in the 1960s. The seclusion of this odd time in our history also triggered an intense period of personal life review/reflection for me, aided and abetted by the discovery of dozens of letters written by my parents and various members of my family during
WW II.
All these elements came together in The Fireweed Moon. I hope you will find it to be a testimony for anti-hate as well as to the power each of us have to make a positive difference through our choices, large and small, when we dare to love too much.