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Extended Family
Linda Chase
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Description for Extended Family
Paperback. Beginning in America, this is a sensual celebration of the varied relationships that make up lives richly lived: from the subtle, intimate interactions of close family members and lovers, to the mutual rewards and stresses of relationships with friends, therapists, students and housemates. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
"Extended Family" is a sensual celebration of the varied relationships that make up lives richly lived: from the subtle, intimate interactions of close family members and lovers, to the mutual rewards and stresses of relationships with friends, therapists, students and housemates. The book begins in America, with childhood memories and adolescent love. In the second section, 'Younger Men Have Birthdays Too', a love affair unravels in a sequence of tender, angry love poems. In the final section, relationships encompass casual interactions and the close understandings of friends, loving kindness and the chaos of mental breakdown. Linda Chase's wit and sharp ... Read more
"Extended Family" is a sensual celebration of the varied relationships that make up lives richly lived: from the subtle, intimate interactions of close family members and lovers, to the mutual rewards and stresses of relationships with friends, therapists, students and housemates. The book begins in America, with childhood memories and adolescent love. In the second section, 'Younger Men Have Birthdays Too', a love affair unravels in a sequence of tender, angry love poems. In the final section, relationships encompass casual interactions and the close understandings of friends, loving kindness and the chaos of mental breakdown. Linda Chase's wit and sharp ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857548679
SKU
V9781857548679
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-33
About Linda Chase
Linda Chase grew up in a suburb of New York City and studied creative writing at Bennington College in Vermont. She then became a stage costume designer in San Francisco and later (1968) in Edinburgh where her children were born and where she began studying Tai Chi. In 1980 she moved to Manchester and established her own Tai Chi school ... Read more
Reviews for Extended Family
'Poems that are punchy, direct, moving, but unsentimental...These are poems to admire and return to. A talent to watch.' - R.V. Bailey. 'The Wedding Spy is a lucid, intelligent collection that doodles with traditional form and which scopes the poet's own life.' - Vic Allen, North magazine.