“Snippets: Invitation to Celebrate Life New Orleans Style” by A.V. Margavio is now available for purchase
“Now the lesson that I learned that day is that all God’s creatures deserve respect and when we fail to give it, they will sometimes extract it from us. And I candidly confess that there were many more times that I gave God’s creatures due cause to exact revenge. I remember the time that… but that’s a snippet for another day.”
– an excerpt from the book
AR Press is honored to publish “Snippets: Invitation to Celebrate Life New Orleans Style” by A.V. Margavio. The book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARPress website.
The author writes this little book to summon the reader’s memories from the forgotten snippets buried by a busy life overconcerned with time management.
The graying of the West has not slowed the pace of modern life. With increasing numbers of the elderly, one would think that the pace would shift into lower gear, but that hasn’t happened. In fact, the tempo of life appears to have accelerated. Much of our time is spent being very busy. We hurry and wait and hurry and wait. The waiting hasn’t gotten longer; we have become more impatient with and less tolerant of life’s many delays.
“Snippets: Invitation to Celebrate Life New Orleans Style” is a collection of very short scenes in the author’s life that help the reader recall similar moments in their own life. Over fifty snippets recount memories from childhood to old age. Topics range the gambit from preschool experiences to on-the-job memorable moments to hard-to-forget death scenes.
Along the way, you are treated to first-hand accounts of fishermen dodging bees and alligators. You have a front-row seat as the author catches snakes and sells them for profit. You skate with him on a bridge over the Mississippi and ride falling trees. You watch in horror while little boys scare their mother with a dozen lizards. You go behind the scenes to see how New Orleans’ traditions get started. You scramble for Mardi throws and watch mature adults turn into children. Along the way, you are introduced to another way to look at life.
The book concludes with a postscript, an essay on the origin of New Orleans’ popular culture. It is the distillation of years of research on the demography and history of the city. It brings together in one place the author’s own work and the very best studies of the uniqueness of New Orleans.
The unmistakable message in the book is that life is meant for living. From the silliest scenes of two young boys stealing a large beanbag in front of a merchant to the more sobering episodes of death and dying, you meet life. Whether simply amusing or dramatic. Each snippet of life depicted is a message of hope and joy.
Each snippet is a moment in time, a solitary note that points to an eternal song. The reader is asked to enter the song in celebration of life, New Orleans style; forsake forgetfulness and watch for the rainbow.
“Snippets: Invitation to Celebrate Life New Orleans Style” by A.V. Margavio is now available for purchase via ARPress Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/bookstore/snippets-invitation-to-celebrate-life-new-orleans-style/.