![]() The Way a Door Closesis the winner of the 2004 Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award and the 2004 Bank Street - Claudia Lewis Award and is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Lea Lyon is an illustrator of childrens books. Smith now lives in Los Angeles, California. A professional story-teller, Hope teaches poetry-writing workshops to all grade levels. Here, in CJ's words, is a portrait of hurt and healing, and finding the strength to open the door again. Hope Anita Smiths books include The Way a Door Closes and its sequel, Keeping the Night Watch. In this beautifully written and powerfully moving novel in poems, Hope Anita Smith tells the story of a young man's struggle to accept a father who has walked out on his family. ![]() ![]() And thirteen-year-old CJ knows too much - about losing his father, about his family's pain, and especially about what it means to hold things together when times are the toughest. There are so many ways that a door can close, but it's not just the closing it's the knowing. ![]() With a click, a bang, a whisper - or no noise at all. His sermon today is on fathers and I am his congregation. My best friend, Preacher, is being just that. ![]()
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