{"product_id":"sitting-in-the-shade-of-marylou-kelly-streznewski-9781950462520","title":"Sitting in the Shade of My Own Tree","description":"As we read\u003ci\u003e Sitting in the Shade of My Own Tree, \u003c\/i\u003ewe feel the fullness of time, a life lived in the close company of others. Here are the poems of strong woman, a poet who brings grace and beauty to open our hearts to the familiar; the voices of family members, the importance of friendships, the pleasure of literary connection and the gravity of politics. \"Death is such a sneak,\" Streznewski tells us, just before she writes, \"I sit in the driver's seat.\" In her amazing poem Granddaughter's Moon, we are taken \"far inside\" a new-born child, a home, a neighborhood, the universe. What gifts \u003cp\u003e-Myra Shapiro, author of\u003ci\u003e Twelve Floors Above the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat peaceful pleasure \u003ci\u003eSitting in the Shade of My Own Tree\u003c\/i\u003e gives me. Marylou Kelly Streznewski writes with the gentle wisdom of family love and ripe old age. As one of her speakers reflects, \"I have bargained with the Hag \/ bartered with the Old Man and \/ earned the right to stand here in the sun.\" These are poems to savor and return to. They cast a glow on the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Lynn Levin author of \u003ci\u003eMiss Plastique\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems chronicle a disappearing America, and the hope and heartache of having lived through the Twentieth Century. Simultaneously nostalgic and forward-looking, \u003ci\u003e Sitting in the Shade of My Own Tree \u003c\/i\u003elooks unflinchingly at the world with a mix of humor and pathos and explores the possibilities of language to get it right. These are poems of human frailty and human hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Gerry LaFemina author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Heretic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marylou Kelly Streznewski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950462528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950462520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.21d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marylou Kelly Streznewski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46465560609023,"sku":"9781950462520","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca4d6668-5091-46a1-bde8-181b1cdfa98a.jpg?v=1736346610","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sitting-in-the-shade-of-marylou-kelly-streznewski-9781950462520","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}