Stanley's Girl: Poems by Susan EisenbergMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Stanley's Girl by Susan Eisenberg is a collection of poetry that comes from a unique perspective--a woman working in the construction industry before women had any place there. Although a couple of poems stray from being specifically about construction, the majority of the collection deals with all of the pain, fear, and heartbreak that had to be endured just to be seen as qualified to step foot on a construction site.
The poetry gets very serious by tackling all of what you would expect a woman to have to endure being one of the few to get the ball rolling, such as blatant misogyny, hazing, harassment, and even assault in some instances. What may come as a surprise is the blatant disregard for human life simply because someone isn't the same as all the others, to the point where seeing if a woman is going to make a fatal mistake becomes a spectator sport. Very powerful collection.
*Book provided by NetGalley
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