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Author Smith, Maggie, 1977- author.

Title You could make this place beautiful : a memoir / Maggie Smith.

Publication Info. New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2023.
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - New Materials  92 BIOGRAPHY SMITH    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  BIOG. SMITH, M.    DUE 05-06-24
 Bristol, Main Library - New Materials  B SMITH, MAGGIE    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - New Materials  B SMITH    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult New Materials  BIO SMITH    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY SMITH    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - New Materials  BIOGRAPHY SMITH, MAGGIE    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B SMITH M.    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B SMITH MAGGIE    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B SMITH    Check Shelf

Edition First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description 313 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-313).
Summary "Life, like a poem, is a series of choices." In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, 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. You Could Make This Place Beautiful, 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."-- Amazon
Subject Smith, Maggie, 1977- -- Divorce.
Divorced women -- United States -- Biography.
Women poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Divorce.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.
Divorce. (OCoLC)fst00895809
Divorced women. (OCoLC)fst00895945
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women. (OCoLC)fst01741869
Women poets, American. (OCoLC)fst01178325
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2000-
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
ISBN 9781982185855 (hardcover)
1982185856 (hardcover)
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