Lesley Ann Fogle

4.5/5 stars!

This poetry collection, read to me by Lesley Ann Fogle, was like a dark and stormy night, but inside my brain.

Relentlessly dark and beautifully wrought, this volume speaks to the pain of being a woman, the pain of being done wrong by men, the joy in paying those wrongs back, (in spades), and a lot more.

"Yes, suffocation would be a blessing from a world where each breath I take reminds me that I'm alone. That the life I lived was a lie, and that the person that I loved was nothing more than a foul gust of air that moved through a hollow woman."

My favorites were SET THE WORLD ON FIRE, and XEROX HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE.

I'm discovering that it's difficult to review a poetry collection such as this. While trying to impart the depth of feeling and emotion evoked by these dark words and ideas, I find myself consistently coming up short. This is the third time I've tried to write this review and this time I'm just going to let my words stand.

If you like poetry, (hell, even if you don't), this collection is worth your time. Take it slow as I did, or race through it all at once-either way you're going to be affected by the experience. What exactly will that effect will be? I suspect it will be a highly individual-type thing, but for me? The experience was wonderful and I know I'll be revisiting MOURNING JEWELRY in the future.

Highly recommended!

*I received the audio of this book free from the author, in exchange for my honest feedback. This is it.*… (plus d'informations)