Dog Angel
Author | : Jesse Lee Kercheval |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015061325273 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Dog Angel written by Jesse Lee Kercheval and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse Lee Kercheval writes with wit, vivid language, and devastating honesty in these autobiographical poems. Tracing the timelines of her life forward and backward, she offers a moving examination of the role of family and the possible/probable/hoped for existence of God - and how our perceptions of the divine can be transformed from a kindergartner's dyslexically scrawled doG loves U to the ever-present but oft-ignored Dog Angel of the title. Ranging from a cross-country drive to bury her mother's ashes at Arlington National Cemetery, to a family vacation in Spain, to an imagined final exam given by her children, Kercheval explores the vagaries of love, loss, faith, grief, and joy with a calm, convincing wisdom that permeates this resonant and wonderful collection.