Golden Days
1st Edition
Published on 9. March 2026
60 pages
978-1-76109-733-1 (ISBN)
Description
Brenda Eldridge's Golden Days navigates a gentle way through the journey of her husband Stephen Matthews'fight with cancer and his choice to take the path of Voluntary Assisted Dying. In Brenda's poem, 'Silver Light',she writes:
I tease him about becoming a butterfly
I want so much for him to be free.
Brenda's glorious and confronting poems explore a couple's descent into illness; the helplessness and pain this inflicts. Her poems speak to an extraordinary love, full of tenderness, compassion, and the courage it takes to seek out golden days, as each day diminishes in hope. Her collection is a fitting tribute for Stephen Matthews, the man whose vision for Ginninderra Press gave thousands of Australian writers a voice.
~ Therese Corfiatis
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Brenda Eldridge is renowned for her insightful and heartfelt writing, shaped by her childhood in the English countryside and her life as a multifaceted artist in Australia. Her books are widely praised for their emotional depth as well as for their strong connection to nature and storytelling. Eldridge's work also reflects her blissful marriage to the late Stephen Matthews OAM, the respected and much-loved founder and publisher of Ginninderra Press. Writing in both poetry and prose, Eldridge continues to engage and move readers with her compassion and clarity.
