{"product_id":"honest-sonnets-memories-from-an-unorthodox-childhood-9781639803767","title":"Honest Sonnets: Memories from an Unorthodox Childhood","description":"This magical and exquisitely honest journey of birthing a self, underscores a young girl's agony and ecstasy as her dreamer parents chase unharnessed desires, leaving her holding the bag, searching for solid ground. Nicole's storytelling is at once vivid, shameless, dangerous and bursting with her unwavering commitment to family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Tina Alexis Allen, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHiding Out - a memoir of drugs, deception, and double lives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrepare for adventures from New York City to Mexico to West Virginia to Louisiana as Honest\u003cbr\u003eSonnets chronicles a childhood of the 60s and 70s. Nicole Farmer's poems beguile\u003cbr\u003efrom \"Toddler\" in the \"butt end of the VW bug where I got to stand and bounce\" to arriving in\u003cbr\u003eNYC as a young adult for a theatrical career. She weaves a narrative that seems fantastical at times but is always grounded in stunning detail, as in \"Civil Rights\/ not my first march of shoes and legs, we hustle towards\/ Lincoln Memorial to hear Martin Luther King, Jr.\" or \"1969\/ My parents are dancing in the fountain in Chapultepec.\" or \"Packing\/ How much life fits into a cardboard box?\" These sonnets have the pacing and turns of someone who knows the art of theater as well as poetry. Nicole Farmer is an emerging poet to read and watch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Kathleen Calby, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlirting with Owls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicole Farmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639803767\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":41280923467891,"sku":"9.78164E+12","price":28.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_07881b41-39d6-4f53-a2bc-62689e147629.jpg?v=1705593545","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/honest-sonnets-memories-from-an-unorthodox-childhood-9781639803767","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}