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The Blessing: A Memoir

"The inadvertent shooting death of his brother by poet Orr gives this memoir a god-awful specific gravity and spurs the author's search for ways to live on...Here, the old and new meanings of 'blessing' - to sprinkle with blood, to confer spiritual power - harrowingly collide." - Kirkus Review

Setting
20th century
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages
Form
poetry

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