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.

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