Pluck Product Form:Paperback / softback BISAC Subject(s): SOCIAL SCIENCE /

BISAC Subject(s): SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies

Take a deep breath

but they still have plenty of lyrical impact

I went from being a single girl living in a studio downtown Vancouver to being a married mother in the suburbs of a northern town

soul and the daily task of living with wisdom and wit

Pluck Product Form:Paperback / softback BISAC Subject(s): SOCIAL SCIENCE /Description Pluck is a series of poems taking on issues of sexuality, female vulnerability and parenthood with delicacy and intent. In turn, Rosnau employs words that give way to feelings of both solid surety and waning doubts. From the harsh realities of sexual assault to the routine heaviness of child rearing, Pluck's sharp portrayals evoke how "beyond the slick viscera, the sharp cries, the women brimming around the bed, is the memory of weight,"