Ann Turner's lyrical Learning to Swim will resonate with any adult or teenager who knows the shame and confusion of sexual molestation. Her memories of a family summer vacation keep coming back "like a skunk dog / on the porch / whining to get in." For Turner, telling her story to the world is what sets that skunk dog running/5(). · Learning to swim. First published in Subjects. Child sexual abuse, Juvenile poetry, Poetry, Sexually abused children, American poetry, Mothers and daughters, Sexual abuse, Pages: Genre-of this book is fiction. Author Bio-Ann Turner began her writing career as a poet and has subsequently published more than 35 books. Learning to swim is about how she had a painful, silent childhood. In the book it also brings meaning of how she has come out of her painful childhood and made something of herself.
Ann Turner's Learning to Swim is a heartbreaking portrait of sexual abuse, told artistically through a series of verse poems. The book, which portrays the author's own childhood experiences, recounts a young girl's molestation in unflinchingly honest terms; while this sounds like an incredibly uncomfortable reading experience, Turner's poetic retelling of her childhood memories is. Learning to Swim Ann Warren Turner, Author Scholastic Press $ (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. IN THE HEART; Time of the Bison. Starting the Essay Learning To Swim|Ann Turner with a Hook: Hooks Learning To Swim|Ann Turner for Essay Introduction When you get the task to write an essay, professors expect you to follow the specifics of that type of essay. However, regardless of the essay type or the specific requirements of your instructor, each essay should start with a hook.
Learning to swim. First published in Subjects. Child sexual abuse, Juvenile poetry, Poetry, Sexually abused children, American poetry, Mothers and daughters, Sexual abuse, Children's poetry, American. Learning to Swim: A Memoir. [TURNER, Ann.] on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Learning to Swim: A Memoir. In episodic free verse, Turner tells of the summer she was raped repeatedly by a neighbor boy. The six-year-old narrator relates both joyful and horrifying scenes in short lines of three or fewer beats: “the motor purrs and drips, / we speak softly / as if in church,” “and I am cutting you / into little pieces / that I will bury / in the meadow / outside / when there is no moon / and no.
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