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Her Soul beneath the Bone
Leatrice . Ed(S): Lifshitz
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Description for Her Soul beneath the Bone
Paperback. Poems deal with mammograms, diagnosis, surgery, complications, recovery, and psychological implications of breast cancer. Editor(s): Lifshitz, Leatrice. Num Pages: 104 pages, 1 illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 8. Weight in Grams: 145.
"Breast cancer is confronted here with keen sensitivity and candor
in poems that are serious but not sentimental or self-pitying. . . . Almost
all the verses are written in direct and prose-like style---this creates
a singular tone and lends the collection richness and resilience. And
though terrible grief and loss emerge in there pages, so do humor and
hope."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Breast cancer is confronted here with keen sensitivity and candor
in poems that are serious but not sentimental or self-pitying. . . . Almost
all the verses are written in direct and prose-like style---this creates
a singular tone and lends the collection richness and resilience. And
though terrible grief and loss emerge in there pages, so do humor and
hope."
-- Publishers Weekly
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252060083
SKU
V9780252060083
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Her Soul beneath the Bone
"[The poems] delineate a psychic landscape which encompasses hope through the process of coming to terms with cataclysmic change. Gritty, honest and remarkable for their lack of self-pity, some of these poems are even humorous. All represent the poets' ability to name their struggle and, in naming, have some power over it... Written in spare, clear language, the poems sound ... Read more