Paradise, Piece By Piece.
Peacock, Molly.
Place Published: New York, New York, U.S.A.:
Publisher: Riverhead Books,
Date Published: 1998.
Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. The book in FINE condition. The dust jacket is NEAR FINE: the spine bottom edge has slight wear. NOT price-clipped. 337 pages. Comes with a BRODART archival jacket cover. JMVINTAGE specializes in books, magazines and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor....and other curious subjects. The dust jacket reads: "The life of a poet that is a life for all women: an extraordinarily honest, moving, and lyrical exploration of what it means for a woman to come into her own. You can ask that a book tell a compelling story, that it dazzle you with virtuosic writing, that its emotional content be pure and stirring, that the issues it tackles be timely and relevant and put forth with the utmost clarity and candor and a tonic dose of humor. Once in a very rare while, all such expectations will be rewarded. And sometimes they will even be exceeded, as they are in Molly Peacock's magnificent memoir, Paradise, Piece by Piece. Molly Peacock is an award-winning, 'nationally recognized poet. She is also childless by choice. Over the years she found herself addressing-both internally and to others-crucial matters of self-definition: Was it possible to be a "complete woman" without having children? How does a woman talk about her life if it doesn't involve motherhood? How do people grow up if they don't have children? In her first booklength endeavor in prose, Peacock puts language to the unspoken decisions she made, seeking to learn how her chances became her choices, how, in the words of Simone de Beauvoir, "a destiny" is affected by "a freedom." The book she has written describes the coming of age of a poet and the flowering of her art. It is a self-portrait that speaks to the most intimate questions a woman can ask of herself, and answers them with courageous introspection. It is the story of a child asked to grow up too soon; of the complicated web of relationships in which we define ourselves-loyal friends, quirky relations, and tempestuous lovers; of the lifelong labor of self-determination; and finally of creating a personal paradise. Paradise, Piece by Piece is a book that lets the language of poetry lay bare the heart of a woman."
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Back
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dj
ISBN: 1573220973
Book Id: 6100
Price: $14.50
