The Pawnbroker's Daughter A Memoir [Hardcover]

This splendid memoir is a must for any reader. Youve got to love the modesty of the title,What a treat to curl up with this keenly observed, beautifully written, and altogether glorious memoir. Kumin is one of lifes great celebrants, a luminous wordsmith in both poetry and prose, a true American literary treasure.This beautiful memoir evokes the beautiful, meaningful life of the groundbreaking poet and humanist Maxine Kumin. Like her poetry, her prose is direct and incandescent at once, andMaxine Kumins quietly powerful memoir is so graceful we almost forget it was no easy task for a pawnbrokers daughter, predestined housewife of the 1950s to become a Pulitzer Prize poet, mother of three children, breeder and rider of horses, grower of vegetables, expert swimmer and cross-country skier, New Hampshire farmer, and writer of novels and childrens books. And I never heard her raise her voice except in laughter and song.As soon as I finished reading Maxine KuminsEverything comes alive in these pages that, like her poems, always say more than the simple words. When you enter this book, this life, you enter the wonderful world that becomes her PoBiz farm, a world not just for poets but for anyone who is enthralled by the world and wants to leave it full of the last clover.From Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Maxine Kumin comes a timeless memoir of life, love, and poetry.