The Hook Was Very Sharp

Where does one find comfort after the death of a father? Who will listen without judgement to grief's flood of memories, insights, joys, and exasperation? Ginger Legato's poems examine a shy daughter's relationship with the self-sacrificing, hard-drinking, gambler father at the center of her Italian/American family. The young narrator of this collection addresses a meandering 'creek' where she and her father spent quiet, hours together fishing. 'Creek' becomes her confidante,...
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Where does one find comfort after the death of a father? Who will listen without judgement to grief's flood of memories, insights, joys, and exasperation? Ginger Legato's poems examine a shy daughter's relationship with the self-sacrificing, hard-drinking, gambler father at the center of her Italian/American family. The young narrator of this collection addresses a meandering 'creek' where she and her father spent quiet, hours together fishing. 'Creek' becomes her confidante, the listener who receives her questions and qualms. The Hook Was Very Sharp, a portrait drawn in words, is an elegy, a lament, and it is praise.