Synopsis "Just the Girls: A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies; A Drift of Honeybees (in English)"
A gardener tends her vegetables and flowers while devising a way to manage her burgeoning chipmunk problem. A daughter pens a letter to her dead father. Jesus saunters into hot yoga and dazzles the assembled practitioners. Three sisters play on their swing set in the middle of the night. In these—and other—poems from Just the Girls: A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies; A Drift of Honeybees, women support, cheer, challenge, and, ultimately, sustain each other. Just the Girls celebrates women and what it means to be connected to the female whole. Advance Praise:“Just the Girls is a poetic celebration of female friendship. In brilliantly created portraits of a family of sisters, aunts, mothers, and daughters, Anderson gives us a close look at the many ways in which women matter to each other.”~ Maggie Anderson, author of Dear All,“We’re in the presence of a poet with an ear for how language shapes our worlds, and an eye alert to the details that make those worlds real to us. What a splendid, moving collection of lyrics!”—Dr. Steven Reese, author of Excentrica: Notes on the Text“Pam Anderson’s work is smart, sensitive, and at times wonderfully wry.”—Thomas Dukes, poet and author“Anderson gives our everyday lives a voice that is rich and cuts to the quick. She has a gift for articulating the beauties and mysteries of our lives in poetry that will leave you wanting more.”—Diane Laney Fitzpatrick , author and social media strategist“These poems are a poignant catalog of what we learn from girls and women, inspiration and cautionary tale, and our complicated memories of domestic life.”— Karen Schubert, author of The Compost Reader
