The Taste of River Water

Name: The Taste of River Water
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781921844003
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By Cate Kennedy

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The Taste of River Water by Cate Kennedy is a compelling collection of poetry that explores themes of nature, love, family, and memory. Through vivid imagery and profound reflections, Kennedy delves into the everyday experiences that resonate deeply, capturing both the beauty and challenges of life. This evocative collection invites readers to pause and contemplate the subtle nuances of their own worlds.
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You might enjoy Cate Kennedy's collection of poetry if you're drawn to evocative and lyrical explorations of the natural world and personal reflection. This book may appeal to you if you appreciate how poetry can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary through vivid imagery and keen emotional insight.

Disarming, warm and always accessible, Cate Kennedy's poems make ordinary experiences glow. Everything that suffuses her well-loved prose is here: compassion, insight, lyrical precision, and the clear, minimalist eye that reveals how life can turn on a single moment.

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Disarming, warm, and always accessible, Cate Kennedy's poems make ordinary experiences glow. Everything that suffuses her well-loved prose is here: compassion, insight, lyrical precision, and the clear, minimalist eye that reveals how life can turn on a single moment.

Musing on the undercurrents and interconnections between legacy, memory, motherhood, and the natural world, the poems in this exhilarating collection begin on the surface and then take us, gracefully and effortlessly, to a far more thought-provoking place. Grounded in lived experience, with all its mysteries and consolations, they resonate with a passionate, sensuous honesty.

The Taste of River Water is a profound exploration of life's subtle complexities, captured with poetic flair and heartfelt sincerity.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781921844003

Publisher: Scribe Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 May 2011

Country: Australia

Imprint: Scribe Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 100g

Pages: 96

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Arts & Culture Cate Kennedy Non-Fiction Penguin Books Poetry

About the Author

Cate Kennedy is the author of the novel The World Beneath, which won the People's Choice Award in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards in 2010. Her short-story collection, Dark Roots, was shortlisted for the Steele Rudd Award in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and for the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. She is also the author of the travel memoir Sing, and Don't Cry, and the poetry collections Joyflight and Signs of Other Fires.

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