The Hook Was Very Sharp (eBook)

Ginger Legato (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
114 Seiten
Abiquiu Press (Verlag)
9781732823730 (ISBN)

Infos

Where does one find solace after the death of a father? Who will listen without judgment to grief's flood of fragile memories, insights, regrets? The young narrator of this collection addresses a meandering creek where she and her father spent quiet hours together fishing. "e;Creek"e; becomes the confidante who receives her questions and qualms. The Hook Was Very Sharp, examines a shy daughter's relationship with the hard-working, self-sacrificing, gambling, father at the center of her Italian American family. This collection, a family portrait drawn in words, is at once elegy, lament, and praise.This book is illustrated by the author with seven abstract paintings influenced by the Habuku ink-splash style of Japanese painting.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.2.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: Family restaurant • father-daughter relationship • Fishing • Gambling • Grief at loss of father • Hard Work • Italian American family • Memoir of a daughter's early family relationships • New Jersey • New Mexico high desert • Self Sacrifice • sense of place
• ISBN-13: 9781732823730 / 9781732823730