The book follows Smith's journey over the last couple years, in which she's had to rebuild her life after a divorce, and cope with the grief that follows the end of a marriage. This week, Smith's new essay collection, ' KEEP MOVING: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change' - which was appropriately born out of a series of tweets - hit bookstores. They also made Smith a household name, as celebrities tweeted snippets of her poem, and publications like Washington Post, the Guardian wrote articles about it the poem was first published in the literary journal Waxwing. Those lines became a sort of mantra for the Age of Trump. 'Life is short,' the poem, written by Maggie Smith, starts, 'though I keep this from my children.' Called 'Good Bones,' the text captured the balance between the tragedies of the world, the lure of ignorance, and the life of children in these exceptionally chaotic times - perhaps why it resonated with the public. In the summer of 2016, three days after a gunman killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, a poem went viral on social media. ‘I read this book in one sitting during one of the most difficult weeks of my life. This is a book for anyone who has gone through a difficult time and is wondering: What comes next? Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold, Keep Moving celebrates the beauty and strength on the other side of loss. In this deeply moving book of thoughts, quotes and personal essays, Maggie Smith writes about new beginnings as opportunities for transformation. To help navigate her way through a difficult divorce, the poet Maggie Smith started sharing her daily ‘notes to self’ on social media and soon found that her thoughts resonated with people going through a host of life changes. I’ve never read anything quite like it’ Lucy Kalanithi, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, and widow of Paul Kalanithi, author of When Breath Becomes Air This is a book that will change you, a book you will want to give to someone you love. ‘I’m so grateful for the clarity, compassion, and wit in these pages. Keep Moving gave me that relief’ Bella Mackie, author of Jog On

To experience relief from am book is rare and wonderful thing. ‘Maggie Smith writes so honestly without being brutal and she shows readers hope while avoiding the saccharine. ‘Candid, lyrical and full of empathy, this is a book that feels vital and welcome in these times – for those who are struggling, or anyone just seeking joy’ Sinéad Gleeson, author of Constellations ‘Keep Moving speaks to you like an encouraging friend reminding you that you can feel and survive deep loss, sink into life’s deep beauty and constantly make yourself new’ Glennon Doyle, bestselling author of Untamed

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