amittaizero's review against another edition
5.0
Kay's last book - of course she couldn't know that. Still, I read into every poem a finality she probably didn't intend.
She does more reflecting here than in her previous books. She moves between the Georgian countryside where she was raised and the North Carolina mountains where she spent most of her later life.
It's as good a farewell as anyone could hope to leave behind.
She does more reflecting here than in her previous books. She moves between the Georgian countryside where she was raised and the North Carolina mountains where she spent most of her later life.
It's as good a farewell as anyone could hope to leave behind.
jrobinw's review against another edition
4.0
Byer captures in her latest book the South I've known. I'll read this book over and over because of how it connects me with my farming family and how it reminds me of my childhood. That doesn't mean that every poem is full of light; the darkness of racism a reality as well as death that knocks on every door.
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