The Radiation Sonnets: For My Love, in Sickness and in Health
Author: Jane Yolen
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ISBN: 1565124022
Publisher: Algonquin Books (October, 2003)
Sales Rank: 64,908
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Jane Does It Again!
Crossing genres from Young Adult to Poetry, Jane Yolen surprises me yet again. There is nothing glib here in this collection of 42 sonnets, nothing that the poetry critics would call elegant. Considering the subject and the reader who might be the caretaker of someone seriously ill, the poetry enthusiast, or the poet, this is the book's strength. Each of these poems were written during a day of the 42 day regimen of radiation of Yolen's husband, and the work does way more than chronicle the horrid effects of the potential "salvation." She gets into the heart of the role she plays in this situation, into the heart of the wife, and of the marriage. Jane Yolen has succeeded with little artifice, little poetic device, just a heart she's opened and shared with her readership. Similar Products
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