It's Not Nothing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denelle, Courtney.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homeless women.

Homelessness.

Novels.

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Santa Fe Writer's Project, 2022.

Summary:

"Rosemary Candwell's past has exploded into her present. Down-and-out and deteriorating, she drifts from anonymous beds and bars in Providence, to a homeless shelter hidden among the hedge-rowed avenues of Newport, and through the revolving door of service jobs and quick-fix psychiatric care, always grasping for hope, for a solution. She's desperate to readjust back into a family and a world that has deemed her a crazy bitch living a choice they believe she could simply un-choose at any time. She endures flashbacks and panic attacks, migraines and nightmares. She can't sleep or she sleeps for days; she lashes out at anyone and everyone, especially herself. She abuses over-the-counter cold medicine and guzzles down anything caffeinated just to feel less alone. What if her family is right? What if she is truly broken beyond repair? Drawn from the author's experience of homelessness and trauma recovery, It's Not Nothing is a collage of small moments, biting jokes, intrusive memories, and quiet epiphanies meant to reveal a greater truth: Resilience never looks the way we expect it to look"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

SUMMER

THE OLD INJURIES SWELL WITHIN ME

MY DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY WALKS INTO A BAR

AN ECONOMY OF PHRASING

I SENSE IT BEFORE I FEEL IT

AUTUMN

IF THIS THEN THAT

WINTER

SLOW AT FIRST

PEOPLE DON'T CHANGE

SPRING

HALF IN HALF OUT

I AM ON THE FLOOR

I SAW A SIGN

I AM TETHERED TO MY FATHER

FEAR OF LOSS

TAUNTED BY THE BY THE BLANK SPACE

I COULD SLEEP THROUGH THE COLD

THEY'RE COMING AND GOING

NEVER HAVE I EVER BEEN

IF YOU HAD TOLD ME IT WOULD BE THIS WAY

TELL A STORY, HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT IT

ALL BABIES ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL

READ ALL OVER

FIRST IT'S THE CROCUSES

TO WHOM IS THIS STORY BEING TOLD?

Acknowledgments

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781951631246

1951631242

OCLC:

1328133237