Description
In this charged collection of poems, intimate family memories, public violence, desire, illness, and mortality converge in language that is by turns fierce, humorous, compassionate, and unflinching. Sharon Olds revisits the shifting portrait of a mother nearing the end of her life, while exploring the complicated bonds between parents and children, the inheritance of pain, and the possibilities of forgiveness. Moving between domestic scenes, personal mythology, dreams, and elegy, the poems illuminate how joy and danger coexist in private and public life. The collection ultimately becomes a powerful meditation on love, loss, and the hard-won work of mourning.
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paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2010
ISBN: 9781407053462
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Details
First Published
2008
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for One Secret Thing by Sharon Olds.