The Hook Was Very Sharp

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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, disappointments, and exasperation?In The Hook Was Very Sharp, Ginger Legato examines 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 of poems, addresses the meandering 'Creek' where she and her father spent quiet, intimate, hours together. "O Creek, You are my counsel?". This portrait piece, drawn in words, is both elegy and lament as well as praise.