Boy

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By Tracy Youngblom

Summary

Boy is a poetry collection by Tracy Youngblom that delves into the profound impact of grief within a family. Centreing on the death of a youngest child, it explores themes of loss, addiction, and tentative faith. With poems inspired by the author’s own experience of losing her younger brother, the collection examines how death and sorrow shape memories and influence family dynamics across generations.
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This collection will resonate with readers interested in poetry centred on family and grief, those curious about the psychology of addiction, and anyone exploring how childhood experiences shape adult life. It is suitable both for poetry lovers and those who might usually find poetry intimidating.

The death of a youngest child; an alcoholic, distant father; a grief-stricken family; tentative faith: this sequence of poems that explores how death and loss color memory and influence the ways family members relate to one another's shared history.

Description

A poetry collection focused on grief and the many ways it can impact a family.

The death of a youngest child. An alcoholic and distant father. A grief-stricken family. A tentative faith. These are the building blocks of Boy, a sequence of poems that explores how death and loss colour memory and influence the ways family members relate to each other and to their shared history.

Inspired by the death of her own younger brother, Tracy Youngblom has written a poetry collection that serves as a companion to grief. This book is for those who love poetry and those who are intimidated by it, those interested in the way childhood experience shapes life, and those interested in the psychology of addiction.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Praised for its raw honesty and emotional depth, Boy has been described as a 'powerful and intimate chronicle' by Annie Kim, highlighting the speaker's journey through grief as both engrossing and unflinching. Kirsten Dierking commends Youngblom's ability to portray the complex and varied reality of loss with exquisite poetry that readers will never forget.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781933880990

Publisher: CavanKerry Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 January 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: CavanKerry Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 167.0mm

Height: 227.0mm

Weight: 186g

Pages: 88

Collections

Arts & Culture Grief & Loss Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Poetry Self-Help & Personal Development Tracy Youngblom

About the Author

Tracy Youngblom is the author of two chapbooks, Driving to Heaven and One Bird a Day, and one full-length collection, Growing Big. Her poems and prose have been published in Shenandoah, Wallace Stevens Journal, Big Muddy, DMQ, Cortland Review, St. Katherine Review, Blue Mountain Review, and North Dakota Quarterly, among other journals. She lives in Minneapolis and teaches English at Anoka-Ramsey Community College.