looking for
lightheartedness

Christina O'Boyle
 

"I work at true vision."
When I was twenty I could tell people this quite honestly because I worked in a store called True Vision for an optician named Ray who had a glass eye.  I've always felt there was a message, a reason for having that job.  After all, there I was — a twenty-year-old who couldn't see where her life was supposed to go — assisting an optician who couldn't see out of one eye as he helped customers whose vision was blurry.  And where did we find ourselves?
                                       - from Green Lights

"Writing makes me pay attention to what's in front of me.  The sweetest times are the ones just after life has been hard.  That's when I grab my pen and camera — to record the chimera and document my joy."

For ten years Christina O'Boyle has written newspaper columns about her life.  Her writing is a mixture of Annie Dillard's insight and Erma Bombeck's humor.  In this collection of her favorite pieces, Christina slices simple moments in half, exposing inner meanings often missed.

Contact Christina: cob@toadmail.com

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