Poppet, My Poppet - by Ann Chinnis (Hardcover)

About the Book

Poppet, My Poppet is a love poem to the strong women who raise us up and the history of the family we inherit.

Book Synopsis

Ann Chinnis' debut chapbook is a love poem to the strong women who raise us up and the history of the family we inherit. We meet an Aqua-netted, German Chocolate cake-baking force of nature whose tireless work advocating for women to be ordained as Episcopal priests nurtures a daughter's dream of becoming a doctor. We meet a tough, Ozarks-born granny whose fierce love carries forward, along with moonshine-brewing bank robber kin and a mysterious grandfather who builds the town courthouse and disappears without a trace.

Review Quotes

The smart, entertaining narrator of Poppet, My Poppet conjures a magical world chock-full of wayward ancestors, a spunky, much-loved grandmother, and throughout, a German chocolate cake-baking, social justice warrior mother, "...my alpha and omega." Readers will revel in rich imagery, playful metaphors, and a thoughtful perspective on the perseverance of women.

-Lisa Bellamy, author of The Northway and Nectar, winner of the

2011 Aurorean chapbook prize.

Ann Chinnis' debut chapbook is a love poem to the strong women who raise us up and the history of the family we inherit. Chinnis is a masterful storyteller here. We meet an Aqua-netted, chocolate-cake-baking force of nature whose tireless work advocating for women to be ordained as Episcopal priests nurtures a daughter's dream of becoming a doctor. We meet a tough, Ozarks-born granny whose fierce love carries forward, along with moonshine-brewing bank robber kin and a mysterious grandfather who builds the town courthouse and disappears without a trace. These are poems rich with memory and color. You will not want to put this book down till you've read them all.

-Valarie Hastings, winner of the 2020 Steve Kowit Poetry Prize,

author of Searching for Dandelion Greens.