03332cam a2200349 4500 860339183 TxAuBib 20230620120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781982185879 1982185872 B0B3Y8QQ6R Amazon c6986a08-5965-406b-8730-58621dc03a68 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9065095 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Smith, Maggie, 1965- You Could Make This Place Beautiful: a Memoir [Libby]. Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2023. Memoirs. Literary. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2661kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Family & Relationships. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><br /> <br /> <b>"This book is extraordinary." —Ann Patchett</b><br /> <br /> <b>Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by <i>Good Housekeeping</i>, <i>Goodreads</i>, <i>Zibby Mag</i>, <i>Newsweek</i>, <i>BookPage</i>, and <i>LitHub</i></b><br /> <br /> <b>The bestselling poet and author of the "powerful" <i>(People</i>) and "luminous" (<i>Newsweek</i>) <i>Keep Moving</i> offers a lush and heartrending memoir exploring coming of age in your middle age.</b><br /> <i>"Life, like a poem, is a series of choices."</i><br /> <br /> In her memoir <i>You Could Make This Place Beautiful</i>, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman's personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. With the spirit of self-inquiry and empathy she's known for, Smith interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness, and narrative itself. The power of these pieces is cumulative: page after page, they build into a larger interrogation of family, work, and patriarchy.<br /> <br /> <i>You Could Make This Place Beautiful</i>, like the work of Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk, and Gina Frangello, is an unflinching look at what it means to live and write our own lives. It is a story about a mother's fierce and constant love for her children, and a woman's love and regard for herself. Above all, this memoir is an argument for possibility. With a poet's attention to language and an innovative approach to the genre, Smith reveals how, in the aftermath of loss, we can discover our power and make something new. Something beautiful. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-06-19 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c6986a08-5965-406b-8730-58621dc03a68&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c6986a08-5965-406b-8730-58621dc03a68&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c6986a08-5965-406b-8730-58621dc03a68&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)