The Road-Shaped Heart

Nick Purdon

Cover Art and Illustrations by Felicity Purdon

World Voices Series

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Acclaim for the Writing of Nick Purdon

“Nick's musings of his own journey depict the darkness of the soul and enlightenment. Through his words we are able to observe the life of a man in deep reflection and consider his journey while contemplating our own life's route.”

Irene Watson, author of The Sitting Swing and Rewriting Life Scripts

“The Road-Shaped Heart by Nick Purdon will squeeze the heart of each reader to elicit emotions held tight. Each reader will find their own life pain and loss within the words spread before them like a feast to be swallowed until the soul has been touched. With passages such as, ‘…my boots choke back tears of wet streets and the last grains of hope become trapped in their grooves’ and ‘I can only turn my face slowly like a sunflower/To the east where the sun forgot to rise’ one is filled with visions and a sense of knowingness. Read The Road-Shaped Heart, then close its cover—your heart will open, your soul will thank you.”

Barbara Sinor, Ph.D., author

Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery

Cape Times

[Karin Schimke is a widely published journalist, columnist, author and poet, and MC of the long-run weekly Cape Town poetry event Off The Wall.]