Description
In this powerful sequence of poems, a thirty-year marriage comes undone when the speaker discovers that her husband has fallen in love with another woman. Moving through revelation, separation, the division of a shared life, and the difficult construction of a life alone, the collection explores love, betrayal, desire, grief, memory, and unexpected freedom. With propulsive lines, vivid physical imagery, and remarkable emotional candor, it confronts the pain of being left while extending curiosity—even generosity—toward the one who leaves. Intimate, unsparing, and deeply humane, these poems transform personal loss into a profound meditation on the complicated bonds that endure after love changes.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2012
96 pages
ISBN: 9780224096942
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Details
First Published
2012
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds.