The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

Winner of theÂ PEN Ackerley Prize â€¢ Longlisted for the 2019Â PEN Open Book Award

â€œDevastating and lyrical.â€Â â€”The New York Times

â€œSuspenseful and affecting.â€Â â€”The New Yorker

From the celebrated poet behindÂ bone, a collection of poems that tells a story of coming-of-age, uncovering the cruelty and beauty of the world, going under, and finding redemption

Through her signature sharp, searing poems, this is the story of Yrsa Daley-Ward and all the things that happened. â€œEven the terrible things. And God, there were terrible things.â€ Itâ€™s about her childhood in the northwest of England with her beautiful, careworn mother Marcia; the man formerly known as Dad (half fun, half frightening); and her little brother Roo, who sees things written in the stars.

Itâ€™s also about the surreal magic of adolescence, about growing up and discovering the power and fear of sexuality, about pitch-gray days of pills and powder and connection. Itâ€™s about damage and pain, but also joy. With raw intensity and shocking honesty,Â The TerribleÂ is a collection of poems that tells the story of what it means to lose yourself and find your voice.

â€œYou may not run away from the thing that you are
because it comes and comes and comes as sure as you breathe.â€
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2018-06-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143132622

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Paperback
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2018-06-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143132622

The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

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