A Conversation about ... The Eternal Life of Stuff

Imagine sitting in a cafe sharing a runningconversation with a good friend about allthe wonderful things life has brought toyour table. You're probably also sharinga piece of freshly baked apple pie as youdiscuss this book that both of you have justfinished reading. All the stuff in your lifethat you've been holding onto becomes partof the conversation. Collections of comic booksclosets filled with long-forgotten but still-loved stuff and even therock collection in the back of your sock drawer comes alive throughthe stories that The Eternal Life of Stuff hands to you. Where hasall your stuff gone? Did you give it to charity or sell it at a yardsale? Maybe you simply lost it. All this is what this book is about.Even more it illuminates something of greater value than the thingsyou've collected. This book shines the bright light of conversationinto the sometimes-dim corners of memory. The Eternal Life ofStuff - sometimes sad but mostly uplifting and full of humor - isabout experiencing the energy of memory. During a lull in this cafeconversation your friend asks Please pass the sugar? You happilycomply and as you do your hands briefly touch. Yetit is enough and your conversation continues.This book is that sweet. You both get up toleave and the conversation lingers in yourmemories adding a beautiful layer of depthand meaning to your friendship. This is thereally good stuff that binds you together. It isthe stuff that reminds you what is importantand what is not; the stuff that lives not justin the hearts of these two imagined friends butin all hearts - eternally.