Hook

Haya Pomrenze's "Hook" conveys the complexities of the Jewish Modern Orthodox female experience. The narrator is an insider and an outsider, dependent and contemptuous, a follower and a free spirit. Like the child in "Straddle" hooking her feet into the stirrups of a carousel horse, the heroine labors to stand on solid ground while staking her claim in a world further complicated by the push and pull of the mother-daughter relationship, explored throughout the book and masterfully portrayed in the title poem. You'll struggle not to laugh and cry at the same time while reading this poetry debut.

Author: Haya Pomrenze
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Rock Press, Inc.
Published: 06/26/2007
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.19d
ISBN: 9780967674865