the mermaid's voice returns in this one
By Amanda Lovelace and Lang Leav
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Amanda Lovelace
Amanda Lovelace is a bestselling poet who rose to fame through her poetry posted to Tumblr and Instagram. Her works have a feminist character, bringing new versions of traditional tales. They have succinct and direct verses, although reflective.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I read this for the "A Book With A Foreword" part of my 2020 reading challenge. I enjoyed it as much as the first one, it's deep and touching and moving and powerful and hopeful.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cute little book of poetry that tells the story of a young girl.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Overall I liked this poetry collection. It's empowering, emotional, and heavy. Like the previous two collections it deals with abuse, trauma, assault, and suicide. It's pretty heavy; but despite that, still uplifting and hopeful. Confronting the hard truths and the ugly side of our lives, makes it easier to move on to acceptance and healing. Some poems were more powerful than others and resonated, but I didn't feel that about every poem in the collection. If you've read the first two, definitely wrap it up with this one.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I purchased this book from Amazon to read. All opinions are my own. ?????The Mermaid's Voice Returns In This One by Amanda Lovelace. The final book of this series is healing and recovery. Even when you are stuck in a place where you can't find able stop and enjoy the peace. The past is there and will always be but every day you wake up one day further away. Enjoy your present time. Find your voice. No one's story or pain is like yours and your is like no one else's be patient, be kind. Victim or Survivor? Some days they are both the same and that's ok. This one was MER-MAZING! Ahhhhh!!!!! A princess, a witch, and now a mermaid ???☄this poetry series was an amazing adventure for me. Review also posted on Instagram @borenbooks, Library Thing, Amazon, Goodreads/StacieBoren, Twitter @jason_stacie and my blog at readsbystacie.com
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I loved all three books in this series. Lovelace's poetry is original, honest, and very moving.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Perhaps the most impressive of the trio, Lovelace has created a masterpiece in which readers can experience the highs, lows, and everything in between of being both a victim and survivor of sexual abuse. I found it empowering and relatable to my own struggles that don't include abuse, but I truly believe this is a gem especially for female-identified people experiencing depression. It gave me a lot to consider and fuel to return to in difficult times. "I am my own sunrise."*In exchange for an honest review, I received an advanced e-copy courtsey of Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley.com.
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the mermaid's voice returns in this one - Amanda Lovelace
the princess saves herself in this one (#1)
the witch doesn’t burn in this one (#2)
the mermaid’s voice returns in this one (#3)
slay those dragons: a journal for writing your
own story
***
the
things that h(a)unt
duology:
to make monsters out of girls (#1)
***
[dis]connected: poems & stories of connection
and otherwise
for the little bookmad girl.
thank you for deciding to
live long enough
to see yourself
write a book.
then another.
then another.
then another.
trigger warning
this book
contains
sensitive material
relating to:
child abuse,
gun violence,
intimate partner abuse,
sexual assault,
eating disorders,
self-harm,
suicide,
alcohol,
trauma,
death,
violence,
fire,
& possibly
more.
remember
to practice self-care
before, during, & after
reading.
contents
I. the sky
II. the shipwreck
III. the song
IV. the surviving
When I think of The Little Mermaid, there are two narratives that come to mind: the dark and twisted fairy tale penned by Hans Christian Andersen and the nostalgic Disney rendition from my childhood. In this gorgeous collection of poetry, amanda lovelace has brought these two alternate worlds seamlessly together. The mermaid gets her voice back, and she does so with a vengeance.
As a writer, the words you put down on paper are synonymous with your voice. There was a time in my life when I stopped writing. For years, I ignored my words. I’d lost my voice. I’d lost myself.
But the world works in mysterious ways. It yearns to remind you of your place and purpose.
At first, this reminder will appear as a gentle tap on your shoulder. But if you don’t pay attention, it will come in the most brutal fashion.
And that is what happened to me. My life stopped. My world came crashing down. And when there was nothing left, my words came back to me. My voice came back. And with that voice, I rebuilt my life, from the ground up.
Now, years later, I am proud to join amanda and a collective of fresh voices, some of whom you will meet in this book. We come from all over the world, refusing to settle for the narrative that has been written for us time and time again. We are writing our own alternate endings. This is our time. This is our revolution. Pick up a pen and join us.
xo Lang
warning I:
this is not
a mermaid’s tail tale.
there is no
sea-maiden.
there is no
sea-sky.
there are no
sea-stars.
there is no
sea-song.
what there is,
however,
is the