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You Could Make This Place Beautiful
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In her long-awaited debut memoir, award-winning poet Maggie Smith explores in lyrical vignettes the end of her marriage and the beginning of a surprising new life. It is a story about a mother's fierce and constant love for her children, and a woman's love and regard...
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Award-winning poet and author Maggie Smith offers a lush, heartrending memoir exploring coming of age in your middle age - an instant New York Times bestseller
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In her long-awaited debut memoir, award-winning poet Maggie Smith explores in lyrical vignettes the end of her marriage and the beginning of a surprising new life. It is a story about a mother's fierce and constant love for her children, and a woman's love and regard for herself.
Above all, this memoir is an argument for possibility. Smith reveals how, in the aftermath of loss, we can discover our power and make something new. Something beautiful.
You Could Make This Place Beautiful is a testament to resilience and the transformative potential of new beginnings.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805302452
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 June 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 222g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Maggie Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books of poetry and prose, including You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Lamp of the Body, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison and Keep Moving. Her newest book is My Thoughts Have Wings, her debut picture book for children, illustrated by Leanne Hatch. Smith's poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Paris Review, TIME, Nation, Atlantic and Best American Poetry.
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