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  • What Kind of Woman

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  • By: Kate Baer
  • Narrated by: Kate Baer
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (35 ratings)

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What Kind of Woman

By: Kate Baer
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An instant number one New York Times best seller

A Goop Book Club Pick

"If you want your breath to catch and your heart to stop, turn to Kate Baer." (Joanna Goddard, Cup of Jo)

A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play - mother, partner, and friend.

“When life throws you a bag of sorrow, hold out your hands/Little by little, mountains are climbed.” So ends Kate Baer’s remarkable poem “Things My Girlfriends Teach Me”. In “Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels” she challenges her listener to consider their grandmother’s cake, the taste of the sea, the cool swill of freedom. In her poem “Deliverance” about her son's birth she writes, “What is the word for when the light leaves the body/What is the word for when it/ at last, returns”.

Through poems that are as unforgettably beautiful as they are accessible, Kate Bear proves herself to truly be an exemplary voice in modern poetry. Her words make women feel seen in their own bodies, in their own marriages, and in their own lives. Her poems are those you share with your mother, your daughter, your sister, and your friends.

©2020 Kate Baer (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
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Honest, unflinching, gorgeous poetry

Kate writes of life in a way that makes me feel like we’re all going to be okay. Her words aren’t sugar coated - they’re real and hard and so beautiful. She’s one of my favorite poets because I trust her to find and tell the truth.

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