01972cam a2200373 i 4500 1329495287 TxAuBib 20240612120000.0 240424t20242023||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024931959 9798891641570 hardback : alk. paper (OCoLC)1431031028 TxAuBib rda Smith, Maggie, 1934-, author. You Could Make This Place Beautiful [LP] : a Memoir / Maggie Smith. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2024. ©2023. 399 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Regular print version previously published by Atria Books. Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-398). "Poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself. The book begins with one woman's personal heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. With the spirit of self-inquiry and empathy she's known for, Smith interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness, and narrative itself. The power of these pieces is cumulative: page after page, they build into a larger interrogation of family, work, and patriarchy. 20240612. Smith, Maggie, 1977- Divorce. Women poets, American 21st century Biography. Divorced women United States Biography. Self-actualization (Psychology) in women. Divorce Psychological aspects. Large type books. Autobiographies. fast