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If It Stings …that means it's working

J.A. Carter-Winward

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Just eight miles from the gleaming LDS temple in Salt Lake City—colloquially called "Mormon Central"—lies the sleepy town of Holladay, Utah. It's from there that a story emerged. It began with a young Mormon family and ended much like it began—with a song and a lulla-goodbye.From award-winning poet and novelist, J.A. Carter-Winward, comes her deepest excavation yet, available on Kindle, and in limited-edition chapbook.A Utah native, Carter-Winward explores family life, with all its stings and comforts, delving into the deep fissures and cracks that have formed behind the white-picket fences of the American middleclass.Centered on her unique, yet ordinary Mormon family, Carter-Winward uses her distinctive narrative-style poetry to give us a profoundly intimate portrayal of family life that both comforts and disturbs.Each piece pays tribute, sings a requiem, and speaks to anyone and everyone who grew up believing in the American Dream.Sweet like honey, but it stings, a little, too. That's all right."Like Dad used to say, 'if it stings… that means it's working.'"

Language: English

Pages: 104

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: August 17, 2021

If It Stings …that means it's working

J.A. Carter-Winward

0/5 ( ratings)

Just eight miles from the gleaming LDS temple in Salt Lake City—colloquially called "Mormon Central"—lies the sleepy town of Holladay, Utah. It's from there that a story emerged. It began with a young Mormon family and ended much like it began—with a song and a lulla-goodbye.From award-winning poet and novelist, J.A. Carter-Winward, comes her deepest excavation yet, available on Kindle, and in limited-edition chapbook.A Utah native, Carter-Winward explores family life, with all its stings and comforts, delving into the deep fissures and cracks that have formed behind the white-picket fences of the American middleclass.Centered on her unique, yet ordinary Mormon family, Carter-Winward uses her distinctive narrative-style poetry to give us a profoundly intimate portrayal of family life that both comforts and disturbs.Each piece pays tribute, sings a requiem, and speaks to anyone and everyone who grew up believing in the American Dream.Sweet like honey, but it stings, a little, too. That's all right."Like Dad used to say, 'if it stings… that means it's working.'"

Language: English

Pages: 104

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: August 17, 2021

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