This is a Love Song

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Let's call it a love song to a firefly generation. An ode to feet on the door jambs the phone cord winding from toe to thigh. A poem to handheld tape recorders boom boxes and the small thrill of hitting Record at the perfect moment.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Firmly planted on the B side of life Dina Honour gathered her messy emotions about aging pushed them through a sieve of Aqua Net and neon and ended up with a collection that will make you laugh cry and seriously consider who you'd want by your side during a zombie apocalypse. Rooted in the music movies and trends of her youth-what she calls generational DNA; our Gen X Jordache genes-Honour writes with wit and candor about everything from hot flashes to Dolly Parton marriage and an imagined sequel to </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Sixteen Candles</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Honour's gift as a writer is her knack for revealing the bigger truths that hide in the small moments of life. </span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>This Is a Love Song </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>is an ode to a generation that has always defied definition even in mid-life. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>From the author of</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> It's a Lot to Unpack</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>There's Some Place Like Home: Lessons From a Decade Abroad</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>.</span></p><p></p>