True North: Nord Vrai

By Jody Aliesan

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911287582
• ISBN13: 9780911287585
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Blue Begonia Press
• Length: 174 Pages

Customer Reviews

A remarkable memoir: Truth leavened with compassion

Jody Aliesan is a remarkable poet who does not flinch from the pain of living. In this gripping memoir, she uses a collage of her own texts, seamlessly stitched together with a direct but softspoken narrative, to reflect on her life and her relationship with her mother, a narcissistic woman who was a pathological liar. As always with Aliesan's work, I was shaken by its honesty and directness and I marveled at her ability to distill her anger at the cruelty and violence she has experienced. And, although I expected that she would, as always, lead me through the dark but not leave me there, I was surprised at the peaceful clarity of the light that shone forth at the end of this book. I strongly recommend it to you, as I recommend her books of poetry.