The Secret of Me – A Novel in Verse (Karen and Michael Braziller Books) - Softcover

Kearney, Meg

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9780892553365: The Secret of Me – A Novel in Verse (Karen and Michael Braziller Books)

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ISBN 10: 0892553367 ISBN 13: 9780892553365

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The acclaimed story of an adopted teenager's quest to find her place among family, friends, and the wider world.
Being adopted is a fact of life in the McLane household: fourteen-year old Lizzie, as well as her older brother and sister were adopted as infants. But facts are not feelings, and what it feels like to be adopted is something Lizzie never dares discuss with her loving parents, let alone with outsiders. Lizzie yearns to confide in others, especially her friend, Peter. Yet something stops her. Will Peter think she is less because her birthmother gave her away? Would telling be disloyal to her adoptive parents?
To make sense of her life, Lizzie pours her emotions into her poetry--list poems, sonnets, free verse, sestinas, blues--about her family, best friends, basketball, the dance. Then a tragic accident occurs, and Lizzie knows she must find the courage to speak.
In an afterword, the author discusses her own adoption and the beneficial powers of reading and writing poetry. Also included are a guide to the book's poetics and recommended books and links about adoption and poetry.

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"An amazing story of loss, love, growing up, and forgiving. This book speaks to anyone who has ever asked the questions 'Who am I?' and 'Who will I become?'"

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Meg Kearney is the author of The Secret of Me and The Girl in the Mirror. She has written two prize-winning poetry collections for adults and a critically acclaimed and popular picture book for children, Trouper (Scholastic). Before becoming founding director of the low-residency MFA at Pine Manor College (Chestnut Hlil, MA), Kearney was Assoc. Director of the National Book Foundation, sponsor of the National Book Awards, for 11 years.

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PublisherPersea
Publication date2008
ISBN 10 0892553367
ISBN 13 9780892553365
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. 1st Paperback Ed. A vivid heartfelt tale of a teenagers poetic quest to discover her place within her adoptive family and within the wider worldBeing adopted is a fact of life in the McLane household fourteenyearold Lizzie as well as her older brother and sister were adopted as infants But dry facts rarely encompass feelings and what it feels like to be adopted is something Lizzie never dares openly discuss with her loving parentslet alone with outsiders More and more Lizzie yearns to confide in others especially her boyfriend Peter But something stops her Will Peter think she is less because her birthmother gave her away Would telling be disloyal to her adoptive parentsTold entirely through the poems Lizzie writes for herself this intimate moving story gives voice to the thoughts Lizzie cannot utter aloud Lizzie transforms relationships and events in her daily lifefamily dinners the school dance hanging out with friendsinto blues poems list poems sonnets sestinas and free verse that delve into her secret wishes and her fears Often Lizzie feels like two people the person everyone knows and the one known to precious few But when a tragic accident occurs Lizzie finds the courage to say who she truly is and to set off on a new path of selfdiscovery and truthIn an Afterword the author discusses her own experience as an adopted child and how writing can help make sense of ones life Also included are a Guide to Poetic Forms and an Appendix of Poems poems referred to in the novel by Lucille Clifton Hayden Carruth Anne Sexton Donald Hall and others. Seller Inventory # DADAX0892553367

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