| Your Sun, Manny: A Prose Poem Memoir UK Edition Contributor(s): Harris, Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0898232058 ISBN-13: 9780898232059 Publisher: White Pine Press (NY) OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1999 Annotation: This is the second book in our Marie Alexander pros poetry series." In Your Sun, Manny," Marie Harris has created a prose poem memoir that reveals in touching detail her story of adopting and caring for Manny, a child who was abused and neglected until he was fourteen, when Harris and her husband made him a part of their family. "Take this book to your heart and carry it away. The beauty and expressiveness of the author's words will renew your faith in the possibility of using language to capture experience and make it glow with meaning."-Laurel Speer, contributing editor, "Small Press Review" "This is a complex story of hard-earned successes and brilliantly achieved failures, a story full of humor and wisdom and love."-Erica Funkhouser, author of "The Actual World" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 99065928 |
| Series: Marie Alexander Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6.04" W x 9" (0.35 lbs) 72 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the second book in our Marie Alexander pros poetry series. In Your Sun, Manny, Marie Harris has created a prose poem memoir that reveals in touching detail her story of adopting and caring for Manny, a child who was abused and neglected until he was fourteen, when Harris and her husband made him a part of their family. Take this book to your heart and carry it away. The beauty and expressiveness of the author's words will renew your faith in the possibility of using language to capture experience and make it glow with meaning.--Laurel Speer, contributing editor, Small Press Review This is a complex story of hard-earned successes and brilliantly achieved failures, a story full of humor and wisdom and love.--Erica Funkhouser, author of The Actual World |