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    What Kind of Woman: Poems
    What Kind of Woman: Poems
    What Kind of Woman: Poems
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    What Kind of Woman: Poems

    Written by Kate Baer

    Narrated by Kate Baer

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    An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller

    A Goop Book Club Pick

    ""If you want your breath to catch and your heart to stop, turn to Kate Baer.""--Joanna Goddard, Cup of Jo

    A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play - mother, partner, and friend.

    “When life throws you a bag of sorrow, hold out your hands/Little by little, mountains are climbed.” So ends Kate Baer’s remarkable poem “Things My Girlfriends Teach Me.” In “Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels” she challenges her reader to consider their grandmother’s cake, the taste of the sea, the cool swill of freedom. In her poem “Deliverance” about her son’s birth she writes “What is the word for when the light leaves the body?/What is the word for when it/at last, returns?”

    Through poems that are as unforgettably beautiful as they are accessible, Kate Bear proves herself to truly be an exemplary voice in modern poetry. Her words make women feel seen in their own bodies, in their own marriages, and in their own lives. Her poems are those you share with your mother, your daughter, your sister, and your friends.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateNov 10, 2020
    ISBN9780063008441
    What Kind of Woman: Poems
    Author

    Kate Baer

    Kate Baer is the 2x New York Times bestselling author of What Kind Of Woman and I Hope This Finds You Well. Her work has also been published in The New Yorker, Literary Hub, Huffington Post and The New York Times.

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    • 4/5
      Great poems with real, authentic meaning behind the words. Quick and easy read.
    • 5/5
      I really liked this - da many lines where I was like “hell yes, preach
    • 5/5
      These poems are not egg day I thought they would be, they turned out to be something better.
    • 1/5
      maybe its just me but I don't think I can hear this anymore sorry.