{"product_id":"through-the-oak-tree-paperback","title":"Through the Oak Tree - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Gerardi Bello\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his \u003ci\u003eBook of Nightmares, \u003c\/i\u003eGalway Kinnell argues that the core value of poetry is a \u003ci\u003etenderness towards existence, \u003c\/i\u003eand that tenderness can be found throughout Susan Gerardi Bello's new book, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Oak Tree. \u003c\/i\u003eNo stranger to the nightmares inherent in this human condition, the poet explores the challenges of childhood, as she and then her son have experienced them: the joy and perils of new discoveries; the loss of innocence that defines growing up and finding one's place in the world. \"What can I offer in response?\" Susan Gerardi Bello says of her son's boisterous singing, and answers \"my own voice singing.\" This is a book of endearing bravado and life-affirming tenderness. We need such books! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Bursk, author of The First Inhabitants of Arcadia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow prominently music is featured in \u003ci\u003eThrough the Oak Tree, \u003c\/i\u003eSusan Gerardi Bello's poignant collection of poems! As we travel with the poet from childhood into adolescence and motherhood, we hear always in the background the old 45s and cassettes-Led Zeppelin and The Smiths; Prince and Elvis; Janis Joplin, reduced to an image on a postage stamp, yet with the \"soul-cry\" of her voice still \"more powerful than the train wheels scraping against metal track.\" In these poems Bello shows through each stage of life a keen awareness of the body's changes and of the contrasts between sun shimmering through treetops and \"the smell of leaf mold and ashes\" underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph A. Chelius, Bucks County Poet Laureate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Gerardo Bello takes us with her on a journey through childhood and adolescence, through early experiences as a woman, through marriage and childbirth and motherhood. What emerges is a complex and nuanced picture of each stage of a woman's life. It is a picture that forms a connection between the poet and the reader, a connection so powerful it would be difficult to forget.\u003ci\u003e Through the Oak Tree \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of poems that belongs on every nightstand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Mazziotti Gillan, Winner of the American Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 66\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.16 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 27, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299084226757,"sku":"9781950462377","price":26.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/O0J5UhBT6y9781950462377.webp?v=1780347486","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/through-the-oak-tree-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}