She Walks in Beauty

Kennedy Caroline

In She Walks in Beauty Caroline Kennedy has once again marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay a very personal tribute to the human experience this time to the complex and fascinating subject of womanhood. Inspired by her own reflections on more than fifty years of life as a young girl a woman a wife and a mother She Walks in Beauty draws on poetry's eloquent wisdom to ponder the many joys and challenges of being a woman. Kennedy has divided the collection into sections that signify to her the most notable milestones passages and universal experiences in a woman's life and she begins each of these sections with an introduction in which she explores and celebrates the most important elements of life's journey.

The collection includes works by Elizabeth Bishop Sharon Olds Edna St. Vincent Millay Mary Oliver Pablo Neruda W. H. Auden Adrienne Rich Sandra Cisneros Anne Sexton W. S. Merwin Dorothy Parker Queen Elizabeth I Lucille Clifton Naomi Shahib Nye and W. B. Yeats. Whether it's falling in love breaking up friendship marriage motherhood or growing old She Walks in Beauty is a priceless resource for anyone male or female who wants a deeper understanding and appreciation of what it means to be a woman.>