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The Dry Valley
Author: Bernadette Wagner
Narrator: Bernadette Wagner
Unabridged: 1 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Radiant Press
Published: 04/01/2020
Category: Poetry - Canadian
Synopsis
The Dry Valley encapsulates one woman’s relationship with herself, her alcoholic spouse, and the world, in three different Saskatchewan landscapes. The poems offer a fascinating interplay between mindful explorations of self and immersions in the challenging complexities of interpersonal relationships, social issues and meaningful engagement with the environment. The quiet, meditative quality of the longer lyrics rub up against the edgier narrative poems, contributing a wonderful tension to the manuscript. With figurative language kept to a minimum, the poems rely on detail, giving a real-time felt presence and the speaker a heightened reliability.