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Lifeline Online: A Memoir
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Lifeline Online: A Memoir |
Author: RM Lamatt
Published: 2007-07-21 |
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 Lifeline Online
I felt this was an excellent read on how friendships with other women can impact your life, even if it is online. Dispells the myth that the internet will isolate you from relationships. It also was a great presentation on how the health care in America short changes those without the funds to purchase coverage. This story touched my heart. I felt like I was close friends with those in the chat room, although I've never been there. Thanks for writing.
 A Surprise to me
Lifeline Online: A Memoir
`Lifeline Online' is a story written for anyone in online chat rooms. My online life has been an interesting one. People I thought I'd never befriend became my dearest friends. Things I wouldn't tell someone in person, I told a stranger. I reached out in despair one night and found someone on the other side of a computer screen. Who would have ever thought I'd do such a thing?
Our friendship became sacred. We shined it everyday, sometimes many times a day with laughter. There were hard times for both of us, but with each other, we could make it through the day and look forward to the next.
I learned never to judge anyone by their looks, their lifestyles, or religion. You never know when you may wind up in their shoes.
I enjoyed writing `Lifeline Online' because it taught me of my self. I guess that's what writing is `really' about. To learn of that inner self that is in all of us. It's amazing what happens when you put the pen to the paper and let it go.
 Power of Connection
If you enjoy memoirs, Lifeline Online offers an honest exploration of the power of connection. Ms. Lamatt shares the story of a time in her life when she has hit personal lows and is surprised to find true friendship with other women she meets online. These friendships, spanning a 10 year time period, help the author move through personal grief and difficulty to discover a renewed sense of hope. Ms. Lamatt's conversational style makes for an easy read and creates the feeling of getting to know the author over a cup of coffee or perhaps a chocolatta :)
AN HONEST TALE
Quoting from the back cover:
I love honest writers, even when the truth may not be particularly attractive. Such is the case in this memoir, Lifeline Online. It's a story about average women living life as it comes, trying to do the best they can, and finding some happiness along the way. Ms. Lamatt's first sentence on the back cover ..."RoseMarie felt dead, without feelings for anything or anyone, and only the beat of her heart kept her alive."... is quite an opening hooker. I believe there are many women who can identify with this thought at some point in their lives. And so, therein lies the appeal of this memoir . . . how did RoseMarie get past this point?, how did she find something of value?
Rm Lamatt's writing style is diarylike in a sense . . . rich in details; and yet, she keeps you interested and turning pages to the end. Her story is well written and well edited. As to its market appeal, I think middle-aged and older women might find it inspiring, particularly if they, too, have a desire to write.
Rm Lamatt is also the author of Fears Flutterby to which I gave a favorable review in February 2006. In Lifeline Online she continues to hone her writing skills.
Internet Connections
The Internet is a popular and vital part of the lives of many of us today and like most things, it has both good points and bad. For instance, today's news is filled with stories of computer chat rooms. Many are danger zones, some pleasant pastimes, but some are beneficial.
Rose Marie Lamatt shows there are positive sides to Internet connections.
In her new book, 'Lifeline Online', she tells how a chat room became a lifeline for her and a friend she met in one. At the lowest point in her life, she turned to a stranger to reveal her innermost grief and fears. The two lives came together over the Internet with just the stroke of a key.
They lived in daily contact. They laughed, cried and supported each other in a relationship unlike either would have ever imagined. Times were hard for both of them, but, with each other, they found they could make it through each day and look forward to the next. Lamatt, an Alzheimer's caregiver, couldn't wait to sign into a chat room at night to make her feel connected to life. For years it was her lifeline.
They shared joys, sorrows, experiences they would have never spoken of in person, because it seemed so much easier than sitting face to face. The two friends found they had many things in common and, in an ironic turn of events, their lives eventually paralleled each other's.
Lifeline Online is a touching, easy-read book about a very deep friendship, found in a most unlikely place.
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