She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems - Softcover

Kennedy, Caroline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1455564079 ISBN 13: 9781455564071

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

In She Walks in Beauty, Caroline Kennedy has once again marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay a very personal tribute to the human experience, this time to the complex and fascinating subject of womanhood. Inspired by her own reflections on more than fifty years of life as a young girl, a woman, a wife, and a mother, She Walks in Beauty draws on poetry's eloquent wisdom to ponder the many joys and challenges of being a woman. Kennedy has divided the collection into sections that signify to her the most notable milestones, passages, and universal experiences in a woman's life, and she begins each of these sections with an introduction in which she explores and celebrates the most important elements of life's journey.

The collection includes works by Elizabeth Bishop, Sharon Olds, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mary Oliver, Pablo Neruda, W. H. Auden, Adrienne Rich, Sandra Cisneros, Anne Sexton, W. S. Merwin, Dorothy Parker, Queen Elizabeth I, Lucille Clifton, Naomi Shahib Nye, and W. B. Yeats. Whether it's falling in love, breaking up, friendship, marriage, motherhood, or growing old, She Walks in Beauty is a priceless resource for anyone, male or female, who wants a deeper understanding and appreciation of what it means to be a woman.

About this title

About the Author:

Caroline Kennedy is the author and editor of 12 bestselling books on American history, politics and poetry. She is the current United States Ambassador to Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1455564079
• ISBN 13: 9781455564071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352