Gaining Purchase
Davenport, Patricia M.
In Gaining Purchase, the poems attempt to reflect on the everyday lives and experiences of women, men, and children, the beautiful, sensual, difficult, and harsh realities of life, and how we each learn from what we experience and, through our constant adjustment and balance, try to gain a solid foothold throughout our lives.
Based on her life experiences as a daughter, mother, partner, educator, and volunteer, with graduate degrees in Educat...