Bibliograph

The unswept room, Sharon Olds

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The unswept room, Sharon Olds

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

The unswept room

Oclc number

48966654

Responsibility statement

Sharon Olds

Summary

Looking at the interrelationships among family members, this collection of poetry examines the traumas of childhood, the estrangement between mother and daughter, and the transformative power of marital love and motherhood

Table Of Contents

Unknown. 1. First hour ; Kindergarten abecedarian ; Bible study: 71 B.C.E. ; A chair by the fire ; 5 cents a peek ; Sunday night -- Grey girl. 2. Still life in landscape ; His costume ; The given ; Virginal orgy ; The wedding vow -- The foetus in the voting booth. 3. The borders ; First weeks ; The releasing ; The clasp ; Diaphragm aria ; The hour after -- What it meant. 4. Sunday in the empty nest ; Directly ; Frosted elfin ; The stranger ; Grown children ; If, someday -- The window. 5. Forty years later ; Sleep suite ; The older ; Fish oil ; Earth aria ; Wonder as wander ; 49 1/2 -- White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. 6. Her list ; Herbal wrap ; Pansy glossary ; The headline ; The shyness ; April, New Hampshire ; The untangling -- The learner. 7. Mother ; Heaven to be ; 7 a.m ; Chamber thicket ; The music ; A time of passion -- The tending. 8. Acadia, late ; S ; Past future imperfect ; Wilderness ; Psalm ; The unswept

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