Sunflowers

by Kirby Peterman, Parul Bavishi (Editor), Katharyn Peterman (Contributor)

Sunflowers is a compilation of heart-achingly beautiful stories and poems that follows the life of author, Kirby Peterman. As a young Texan, navigating friendships, intimacy, and femininity, she is thrown off course following an experience of sexual assault during her first week of college. The collection shifts as she works on her self-healing journey, learning to love, trust, and grow in the aftermath of trauma. "

Genres: Poetry

87 pages, Paperback

Published April 7, 2019

Reviews

[Berry's Poetry Book Reviews]

Peterman’s poetry collection, published in 2019, highlights the need for feminism and tools which empower females in their quest for control of their own lives to become mainstream in today’s society.

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[Sasha Elise]

tw • sexual assault, victim blaming, internalized victim blaming, anorexia.

this was intense. it took me a while to read but this was intense. sad and scary in some places. beautiful and heartwarming in others.

[Kärt]

𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍

𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒'𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 15𝚢𝚘, 𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕

𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚊𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕

[Nicquay Lindo]

Good read

Enjoyed , very interesting. Would definitely read again. Had a few humors as well. Highly recommend this book for women.