House of 49 Doors
Entries in a Life
Series: Poiema Poetry Series
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Praise for this book
“The voice in these remarkable poems belongs to a girl, a spy, a recorder of daydreams and memories of a home and a war-torn, beloved uncle, whose grisly suicide was a family secret. These poems are handprints left in cement. Once you pick up this book, you will be unable to put it down.”
Jill Peláez Baumgaertner, poetry editor, The Christian Century
Paul J. Willis, author of Somewhere to Follow
“In the memorable voices of her younger and older selves—Kid Larkin and Eldergirl—Laurie Klein beautifully reckons with the ghosts of her family past. Shakespeare said, ‘Give sorrow words,’ and that is what Klein has done with elegiac excellence. Until, in her words, ‘all that was liquid, in the beginning, / resurfaces somewhere: / the rivers of Eden, the tears of Christ.’”
Marjorie Maddox, author of In the Museum of My Daughter’s Mind
“An often haunting but ultimately hopeful story-in-verse, Laurie Klein’s powerful House of 49 Doors explores the sacrifices we willingly or unwillingly make for others. This is a book that needs to be read, especially by those who have been trained to keep secret what pains them most. Come. Her hand is steady. Take hold.”
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