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In This House Are Many Women and Other Poems

by (author) Sheree Fitch

Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Initial publish date
Aug 2004
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780864924162
    Publish Date
    Aug 2004
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

Sheree Fitch's best-selling adult poetry collection explores the shadows that never penetrate the sunlit world of her children's books. With over 5,000 copies sold of the first edition, this second edition 10 years later and 13 poems wiser adds depth and texture to the original collection; like a fine cognac, it has become richer with the passing years.

Sheree Fitch's refreshingly direct lyrics explore the harsh realities of women's lives and the many kinds of shelter they create for themselves and give to each other. The title suite is peopled by battered wives, single mothers, women who are poor and perhaps homeless, and exhausted caregivers, with each woman speaking in her own voice. The new poems in "Moonsongs" express a decade's personal development, not in the form of answers, but in the form of more pointed questions.

In This House Are Many Women and Other Poems demonstrates Fitch's poetic depth and versatility. But whether she writes passionately of victims and workers in a woman's shelter, finds epiphanies in family life, or examines the uncertainties of romantic love, Fitch never loses her sense of humour. Who else but the creator of Mable Murple could conjure up Diana, the domestic acrobat who transforms her home into a circus or Eve, the mother of us all, offering child-rearing tips?

About the author

Sheree Fitch's first two books, Toes in My Nose (1987) and Sleeping Dragons All Around (1989), launched her career as a poet, rhymster, and a “kind of Canadian female Dr. Seuss.” Fitch has won almost every major award for Canadian childrenÕs literature since then, including the 2000 Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work Inspirational to Canadian Children. She has over twenty-five books to her credit, including her bestselling and critically praised adult novel, Kiss the Joy as it Flies (2008). Fitch's home base is the East Coast of Canada.

Visit her at: shereefitch.com

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Editorial Reviews

"Language so lush, voices so vibrant, and rhythms so resonant that the poems often seem to read, even perform, themselves."

<i>Canadian Literature</i>

"Her adult poetry delves into the darker side of the human spirit — and finds, not victims, but unsung heroes."

<i>Chronicle Herald</i>

"A moving, challenging exploration of the experience of voiceless people . . . the poems are mediations that explore a mythological landscape beyond the everyday grind. They are a tribute to resilience and, essentially, are about all of us."

<i>Atlantic Books Today</i>

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