Light Housekeeping

Light Housekeeping
ISBN-10
1896860141
ISBN-13
9781896860145
Category
Canadian poetry
Pages
68
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Ekstasis Editions
Author
Susan McCaslin

Description

At times deceptively simple, the poems in Light Housekeeping explore the tentative presence of the soul in everyday life through reflections on teaching, writing, familial bonds and raising a child.

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