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These poems relate to the dissolution of her 30-year marriage when he husband leaves her for another woman. Most of the poems are of the pining sort, which left me wondering where was the rage and self-doubt and all the other emotions that surely must come from such a huge upheaval in life. 3⭐️

Catching up on 2019 reads....

When the poet's husband left their long marriage, she coped with the loss through her poetry. Olds is a powerful writer and, even though the concept of this book is a bit stale, she makes it feel fresher and finds ways to capture some of the most intangible parts of her pain.

The requirements of an extremely snowy day: coffee ✔️, pajamas ✔️, and a good book✔️. Seems like the perfect Saturday to me! How are you spending your Saturday??

I loved this collection of poems expressing grief over the end (due to adultery) of a marriage which had lasted more than thirty years. While the poems verbalize very specific personal moments, they convey the pain and loss with which most people can identify and empathize even if they haven't experienced divorce.

Saturday morning with reading and coffee by the Thames 😍😍😍 and a brilliant poetry book about a woman going through her divorce it is beautiful and sad and stunning- MUST READ!

In awe of Sharon Olds. We feel so lucky to have just heard her read at our Summer Workshop!

A visceral poetic account of dissolution of the author's marriage and her subsequent acceptance of this. It takes more bravery than I can imagine to let readers see your soul naked like this. A phenomenal work. Even if you're ambivalent about poetry you'll find something that speaks to you here.

Wow, she is good. There's a reason this won a Pulitzer. Just devastating.

Brutal.