Name: What Kind of Woman
Rating: 4.024590163934426 (61 reviews)
ISBN: 9780063008427

Kate Baer

A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships in being a mother, a wife, and a woman.

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What Kind of Woman

Eva Bailey

Another incredible collection by Kate Baer. Some of these poems really hit me. Emotional and beautiful.

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller 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 reader 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.

Blayke 

" I got engaged when I was eighteen to a boy I would never marry.
I loved him more than anyone has ever loved, and still
I cut him open, held his heart to his throat. "

Archita Birla

Not every poem in this book was for me, but the ones that were -- I really, really enjoyed. I think this may be more suited for mothers and that journey of motherhood, but there was still a great sum of poems that I loved (see below).


Not Like Other Girls 
Moon Song
Plot Lines for Female Leads
My Friend Bethany Rages at the News
It's Like This
Fat Girl
Fresh Lemonade
Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels
Back to School Shopping

Julia

Beautiful short read. 🌸 Something different from my normal read. Such a refreshing take on being women with reminders of how life is for us.

Amy Grieve

This was a nice poetry collection and I loved the first set of poems, however as things progressed I found a lot of the poems meh. It's disappointing because a lot of the poems discuss the theme of motherhood which is something I'm usually really intrigued by. Not in this case.

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