Kelowna, BC 11/1/2007 5:00:00 AM
Grandparenting the New Trend
The average age a person becomes a grandparent is 45. In addition, the vast majority of grandparents do not live in the same city as their grand children; hence, they are "long-distance grandparents. Grandparents are not just sitting by the fire or living with their kids anymore. Grandparents are traveling, working, and experiencing themselves to a greater degree than ever before. People are thinking about grandparenting more and missing it when they are not able to be near their grandchildren due to their work, geographical or other constraints. These trends indicate the topicality of Ralph Milton’s new book The Spirituality of Grandparenting.
Milton paints a real story of Grandparenting that is not a "walk in the roses". "The book is a celebration of grandparenting, says Milton. He also notes the spiritual connection that can form between a grandparent and grandchild, hence the name The Spirituality of Grandparenting. This book is the latest addition to the beautifully and lavishly illustrated The Spirituality of… series.
Excerpt
“When you add up all the warm kisses and sticky hands, all the pictures on the refrigerator, the hugs when we come together and the tears when we part, the joys and the disappointments, the religious services and the family arguments – when you add all that together and you discover that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts – that’s the spirituality of grandparenting…”
Available: Fall 2007
160 pages HC 8.5” x 9”
Full Color Illustrated
$37.00 ISBN: 978-1-896836-86-7
RALPH MILTON is a gifted storyteller, and the author of 17 books, including the bestselling Family Story Bible; Angels in Red Suspenders; and Julian’s Cell. On the internet, Ralph Milton creates the popular e-zine Rumors, which uses liberal doses of humour and story to communicate a lively faith. Co-founder of Wood Lake Publishing, Ralph Milton lives in Kelowna, British Columbia, with his wife and friend of 50 years, Beverley, a retired church minister. Together, they remain the ever-proud grandparents of Zoë and Jake.
To view this book go to: www.woodlake books.com. Look for our Google search box and enter: spirituality of grandparenting as your search term. Click on the book cover and search the book, view the cover, back-jacket, photos, text, and table of contents.
For Author Interviews or Review Copies
Contact: Darcy Drobena, Publicist
Phone: 1.800.299.2926 ext. 221
Email: publicity@woodlake.com
