JennyBenjamin
Blurbs
“Reminiscent of Tracy Chevalier’s The Virgin Blue [...] Benjamin’s prose is evocative, her characters finely drawn, and the worlds she creates for us give us new ways to think about our own.”
- Melissa Schoeffel, author of Maternal Conditions: Reading Kingsolver, Castillo, Erdrich, and Ozeki.
Jenny Benjamin’s chapbook, More Than a Box of Crayons, blazes with color and energy. These poems fold visual images (“hula hoop sparkle,” “dirt purple,” “cornflower stillness”) into verbal forms. The effect is synesthetic, dazzling, emotionally charged, and ultimately deeply life-affirming.”
--Angela Sorby, author of The Sleeve Waves
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Heather Finch is a work of contemporary fiction with layers of loss and life-affirming growth, an emotional and densely sensory journey from isolation to connection, from lethargy to life. Written with brilliant dialogue, structural complexity, and lyrical literary flair, this novel alternates “remembering” scenes and “present” scenes with finesse. Pacing and compelling storytelling deftly reveal Heather’s prolonged, relentless descent into the safe chrysalis of isolation and numbness. Her “live” experiences expose the extraordinary metamorphosis from within her cocoon, an internal transformation to her true self before stepping confidently into the world. On page after page, readers engage with intensity and empathy along every step of her visceral struggle. Secondary characters are fully developed and memorable, as are settings, especially in Scotland. Younger readers have “coming of age” novels. Heather Finch is a “coming to life” novel for adults.
Sandy Brehl
Author of ODIN’S PROMISE Trilogy, WWII Historical Fiction
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