The Bones of His Being

By Sue Chenette

In unflinching lyrics, Sue Chenette confronts her father's depression and death. Probing memories, fingering mementos - a square nail, a sketch on a napkin, she examines them for what they may reveal of the father she was sure she knew, deepened, in death, into the mystery of his own being. The poems are a journey through grief, both a search for the father she loved and a searching look into a father/daughter relationship. At the heart of the book, the sequence 'A Transport of Grief' explores a weave of pain, need, and blame, of family grudges and love, moments of solace, and the sweeping sense of loss that attends a parent's death.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550713698
• ISBN13: 9781550713695
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Guernica Editions
• Length: 65 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.7"