Book Review:The Vital Function of Constant Narrative

 

The Vital Function of Constant Narrative

by Marlys West

Pub Date 30 Apr 2022 |

**V Press LC, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

**Biographies & Memoirs |  Nonfiction (Adult) |  Poetry

I am reviewing a copy of The Vital Function of Constant narrative through

V Press, L.C, Independent Book Publishers and Netgalley:

The Vital Function of Constant Narrative is part memoir and mystery, as well as a collection of poetry. Each poem is a short meditation on what it means to make up a sense of self.

Marly’s West reminds us in this book that our roles, our world, and our personal histories create much of who we are and what we think of as our story. The poems in this book

expose reality in all of its multicolored arrays, weaving together adulthood and childhood, hospital and home, birds and flowers, blood and bones. The book is at once light and dense, profound and playful.

I give the Vital Function of Constant Narrative five out of five stars1

Happy Reading!