{"product_id":"grafted-tree-family-poems-9781639803804","title":"Grafted Tree: Family Poems","description":"Judith Prest's luminous book about families opens quite simply: \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWherever I go\/I bring a crowd along\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrafted Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e follows the treasure map of her rich experience in only the way this gifted poet can do. The reader takes us on a journey with her through the well-remembered stories of her life and newly unveiled secrets she has recently discovered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by a poet at her peak, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrafted Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e above all will resonate as a love letter to all kinds of family experience, written with understanding, compassion, and truth. As she writes in the book's concluding poem, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eI carry their history; \/it has shaped mine\/ My breath, my spirit\/a bridge where\/ they stand now\/They wave to me\/through the mist.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Jan Marin Tramontano, Poet and Novelist, Author of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Me I Was with You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrafted Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about transformation, memory and love. Judith Prest takes us through her deep understanding of adoption, marriage and identity as a wife, mother and what it means to be a sister to newfound brothers. There is a longing for wholeness, for cure, for the compassion it takes to heal not only herself, but the world. And she succeeds in bringing these poems to fruition not only for herself, but for us as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-June Gould, Ph.D., Author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Writer in All of Us, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e E.P. Dutton. She is also a long-time workshop leader for The International Women's Writing Guild, and a published poet and novelist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudith Prest brilliantly maps her poetic genealogy in her third book, \u003ci\u003eGrafted Tree.\u003c\/i\u003e Her writing offers familial depth in a diverse selection of form and emotion as she explores each surprising and glorious branch of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrafted Tree.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Suzanne S. Rancourt, Author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBillboard in the Clouds, murmurs at the gate, Old Stones, New Roads, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs of Archilochus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Prest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639803804\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43180688408691,"sku":"9.78164E+12","price":28.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5965ad1c-9a0c-400d-a414-70817cd237b9.jpg?v=1752057750","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/grafted-tree-family-poems-9781639803804","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}