Book description
Judith Prest's luminous book about families opens quite simply: Wherever I go/I bring a crowd along.Grafted Tree follows the treasure map of her rich experience in only the way this gifted poet can do. The reader takes us on a journey with her through the well-remembered stories of her life…
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1 author picked Grafted Tree as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I found these poems about the complexity of the author’s family so poignant.
They reveal fragments of memory: a decades-long knot in the heart of her mother, a snake bite kit in a sock drawer, stories unshared, and mothering an adopted son.
When her mother's secret sadness becomes unveiled for the poet, it sends her on a mission to learn about her birth father.
From Joy's list on compelling poetic genealogy.
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