Any Gesture Middle Eastern Poetry from the acclaimed author of

from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Lucie finds herself drawn to George again

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and her brother has suddenly flown to South America without a word

Any Gesture Middle Eastern Poetry from the acclaimed author ofA braided, elegiac journey through death and recovery, Any Gesture takes on loss, anticipatory grief, and the little deaths experienced in the space between mourning and survival. The collections four narrative threads speak to a modern, suburban Ophelia; pre elegize a sister on the brink of suicide; reconcile miscarriage and infertility; and question the proper care for the dead in the face of escalating and dehumanized losses. In these haunting,