Reviews

The Penny Poet of Portsmouth: A Memoir of Place, Solitude, and Friendship by Katherine Towler

portcitykt's review against another edition

4.0

A touching story about about a person who was so present to all of us yet such an unknown. I read this book remembering all the times I past Robert Dunn on my walks and wondered who he was. While Katherine shares their friendship with us there is still much we don't know at the end , which is synonymous with Robert Dunn. Her perspectives on the challenges of becoming his main caregiver show us the human side to the role of helping someone without knowing their wants . Katherine shows us the warm side of the Poet Laureate and brings back memories of Portsmouth when it was still new to me.

gwelliott's review against another edition

2.0

Rereading this I didn't realize how condescending the author is toward Dunn for basically the entire book. Didn't like it nearly as much.