THE TIMEKEEPER’S SON
Set against the legacy of the Civil Rights era and the fraying social net of the New South, The Timekeeper's Son weaves the lives of its characters together, exposing hidden fears, discarded dreams, strained relationships, and miscommunications. It explores themes of grief and forgiveness, isolation and connection, masks and disguises, all while depicting its characters' lives with tender intimacy. Written with a poet's sensibility to language and imagery, with impeccable pacing, and with elements of both the thriller and magical realism, this is a singular novel not to be missed.
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Women's Inner Lives: Three Compelling Stories
Beneath the quotidian surfaces of these lives, lie depths of yearning, passion and grief. These stories of contemporary women explore marriage, divorce, friendship, motherhood, aging and sex in complex and subtle ways. Set in a familiar suburban swimming pool or on an almost deserted island, these stories will take you on a singular journey not to be missed.
BRANCUSI’S EGG
'Through these poems of courage and attention, Sara Baker weaves a fine thread connecting thorns from the past to the gifts and challenges of the present, outlining new patterns of light and shadow. This collection charts a steady, mindful course as the poet dares herself to "tap on windows," and "summon ghosts" enriching the present moment with acceptance, embracing both light and dark.'
—Grey Brown, award-winning author of When They Tell Me, What it Takes, and Staying In
"Sara Baker writes elegiac poems in the midst of the lives that are being celebrated and mourned. An amazing, fading-away, absolutely unique dance. Very beautiful."
—Coleman Barks, author of Winter Sky, New and Selected Poems, and Rumi: The Big Red Book: The Great Masterpieces celebrating Mystical Love and Friendship
'The poems in Sara Baker's chapbook, Brancusi's Egg are delicately wrought with intimate details of her personal life and illness. Poems of this nature run the risk of sacrificing craft to emotion and narrative simplicity to over-adornment. Hers do neither. They are at once greedy for life and effortless, carrying us backward toward some infinite origin.../ I myself felt comforted reading them and look forward to sharing them inside and outside the health care setting. Like the sculpture with which they so clearly resonate, these poems leave us with nothing but a stone wing/lifting 'beautiful and generously given.'
—Serena J Fox, MD, author of Night Shift