Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Book Review: Whirl Away Girl

 




Whirl Away Girl

by Tricia Johnson

Atmosphere Press 

 Health, Mind & Body  |  Poetry 

Pub Date 10 Mar 2021



I am reviewing a copy of Whirl Away Girl through Atmosphere Press and Netgalley:




In a powerful collection of poetry Tricia Johnson deals with the diagnosis of her autoimmune condition, and then she attempts to answer the question:  How are you?




In this book she talks about her diagnosis of Lupus, the pain, the uncertainty as she tries to figure out the new life she has been handed.  She can’t help but wonder where it leads .  How do you even feel? Sometimes the pathway ahead is murky, seemingly impossible to pass through. Life throws you a twist you didn't see, know or desire.





In this collection of poetry the author attempts to ask the question In the midst of adversity, how do you cope? How do you process? How do you move forward?




In this poetic journey of intimate details through the ache of life's unraveling, from the maddening free fall of diagnosis, to emerging and seeing the beautiful possibilities of living with chronic illness.




I give Whirl Away Girl, five out of five stars!



Happy Reading!

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