KELLE GROOM
discusses
I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl: a Memoir

I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl, a  memoir of addiction and grief, understanding and survival from a poet who recovers from alcoholism only after she sees her adopted son die of leukemia, is written in a series of stunning snapshots. The book is as much about survival as it is about maternal love, as much about forgiveness as it is about acceptance. Through her family's history, Groom traces with clarity and grace the forces that shape life, death, and a bold new literary voice. 


Kelly Groom is the author of three poetry collections and has been published in The New Yorker, Pioughshares, and Best American Poetry 2010, among others. Her work has received special mention in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Non-Required Reading anthologies. She currently lives in Florida.
  

Publisher Marketing: A memoir of addiction and grief, forgiveness and survival from a poet who recovers from alcoholism only after she sees her child die of leukemia.