In She Walks in Beauty, Caroline Kennedy has once again marshaled the
gifts of our greatest poets to pay a very personal tribute to the human
experience, this time to the complex and fascinating subject of
womanhood. Inspired by her own reflections on more than fifty years of
life as a young girl, a woman, a wife, and a mother, She Walks in
Beauty draws on poetry's eloquent wisdom to ponder the many joys and
challenges of being a woman. Kennedy has divided the collection into
sections that signify to her the most notable milestones, passages, and
universal experiences in a woman's life, and she begins each of these
sections with an introduction in which she explores and celebrates the
most important elements of life's journey.
The collection includes works by Elizabeth Bishop, Sharon Olds, Edna St.
Vincent Millay, Mary Oliver, Pablo Neruda, W. H. Auden, Adrienne Rich,
Sandra Cisneros, Anne Sexton, W. S. Merwin, Dorothy Parker, Queen
Elizabeth I, Lucille Clifton, Naomi Shahib Nye, and W. B. Yeats. Whether
it's falling in love, breaking up, friendship, marriage, motherhood, or
growing old, She Walks in Beauty is a priceless resource for anyone,
male or female, who wants a deeper understanding and appreciation of
what it means to be a woman.
