Publisher's Synopsis
Meet Lila Moscowitz, a smart-mouthed, Jewish-American beauty with a voracious appetite for sex, a remarkable talent for outrageous lies, and an unerring knack for screwing up her life. A poet who writes ribald sonnets, the queen of self-possession, and the devastating comeback, Lila is used to men falling at her feet, and into her bed, but she's perplexed by her inability to find true happiness. As Lila reviews her life with her ex-husband and frets over her lack of feelings for her boyfriend, she comes to realise some startling truths about herself, her capacity for love and the nature of true freedom.
Binnie Kirshenbaum's writing has been acclaimed by critics and readers alike and the brilliant maturity she shows in PURE POETRY once again demostrates her magically touch. Not since Erica Jong's FEAR OF FLYING has a novel so captured a woman's heart and desires. Readers will cheer PURE POETRY for its heady mix of humour and sadness, and its slyly unsettling visions of modern life.
