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The Blue Dress
Alison Townsend
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Description for The Blue Dress
Paperback. A deeply moving collection that revels "in the spell of our miraculous lives." Series: Marie Alexander Poetry Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
In this quiet, clear-eyed collection Townsend meditates on the varieties of loss, childhood bereavement, depression and divorce to arrive at the realisation that it is through loss that we come into possession of some of life's most profound gifts. She articulates what it was like to grow up motherless, explores life in a step-family, scrutinises depression, breaks codes of feminine silence, and celebrates the enduring power of place.
In this quiet, clear-eyed collection Townsend meditates on the varieties of loss, childhood bereavement, depression and divorce to arrive at the realisation that it is through loss that we come into possession of some of life's most profound gifts. She articulates what it was like to grow up motherless, explores life in a step-family, scrutinises depression, breaks codes of feminine silence, and celebrates the enduring power of place.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
Marie Alexander Poetry Series
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Buffalo, United States
ISBN
9781893996618
SKU
V9781893996618
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Ref
99-15
About Alison Townsend
Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Townsend spent her childhood in rural New York State. She attended college in Vermont, leaving for the West Coast upon graduation. She lived in Southern California for many years, followed by a sojourn in Oregon. She presently lives in Wisconsin, where she is assistant professor of English, Creative Writing and Women's
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