Tender Hooks
Poems
5 July 2005
Territory Rights — Worldwide.
Description
A fearless delineation of the joys, absorptions, and—yes—jealousies of new motherhood.
Beth Ann Fennelly is fearless in delineating the joys, absorptions, and—yes—jealousies of new motherhood. Having studied motherhood "as if for an exam," reality proved "wilder and deeper and funnier" than anything she'd anticipated.Tender Hooks is Fennelly's spirited exploration of parenting, with all its contradictions and complexities.
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