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rhavens12's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this collection. It reminded me in so many ways of my own childhood, calling to mind things and people and experiences I had forgotten.
pyrrhicspondee's review
3.0
I feel bad giving this three stars because it pretty much made me weep at the end. The last section, all about the whole house and Lyon's mom dying, was AWESOME. A few individual poems were equally moving or odd, like "Kitchen Table" and the one about the linen closet. But overall, the plainspokenness of these poems--which I acknowledge is essential to the entire artistic project--left me unimpressed.
kari_reads's review
4.0
Beautiful look at family
Maybe its the theme of losing parents, but this book of poetry was a punch in the gut. I read it to find mentor texts to teach students, but I found more than that.
Maybe its the theme of losing parents, but this book of poetry was a punch in the gut. I read it to find mentor texts to teach students, but I found more than that.
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