The Holding Hours

by Christianne Balk

Emotion, raw and unadorned, is woven through the poems of Christianne Balk's The Holding Hours. Part I explores the subtle and surprising transformations that come from caring for her young, neurologically injured daughter. Insights unfold in metaphor and persona below the surface of an exquisitely observed life.

Gazing through the lens of other lives challenged by disability and illness, including those of John Muir and the 16th-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295995076
• ISBN13: 9780295995076
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher