Anne Leigh Parrish's latest poetry collection delves into the depths of grief, exploring the nuances of loneliness and loss with an elevated, thoughtful voice. Yet within its pages, there is also joy—a celebration of the world's beauty, where art and nature rise to meet sorrow, challenging despair. Here, those who have wronged us and those we have wounded do not seek forgiveness, only remembrance. Accompanied by twenty stunning illustrations from Kathryn Gerhardt, these seventy-eig...

In DIARY OF A FALSE ASSASSIN, Parrish's third collection, eighty-four poems reveal the miracles of nature, the enslavement of women, and the pain of family life. Political oppression and human frailty abound. In landscapes real and imagined, the author meditates on life as we know it, and what we wish it to become.

KIRKUS REVIEWS, calls A BROKEN WINDOW, "A contemporary poetic novel for audiences who love strong female characters."In A Broken Window, Anne Leigh Parrish gives us Sam Clark, a poet haunted by the shadows of her past. Sam channels her emotions into verse, hoping to find peace and strength, but when she falls into a new relationship with Steven—a professor, seemingly wise, and full of promises—she's unsure if happiness is something she truly deserves. As t...

In sixteen short stories and a novella, Anne Leigh Parrish explores the magic of life, love, and the soft boundary between fact and fantasy. The wife of an artist disappears under mysterious circumstances; a woman has the gift of taking away sorrow; another finds inner strength through writing poetry; and a great-grandmother spends the day sitting on a folding chair in a grocery store parking lot, contemplating the nature of the human heart. What Nell Dreams is Pa...

In What is Found, What is Lost, Freddie was raised on faith; it's in her blood. But when she loses her husband of many years, she can't quite bring herself to seek solace from the Almighty and instead enters a state of quiet contemplation. Her solitude is quickly interrupted by a man roaming her neighborhood in search of his runaway wife and by her daughter, who returns home to escape another unwise romance. Soon after, Freddie's sister, Holly, visits, and their t...

It's 1949, the freedom granted women by the Second World War is over, and stifling social conventions are once more at play. Edith Sloan, the rebellious, well-educated heroine of An Open Door returns in The Hedgerow to pursue her dreams of owning a thriving bookstore on Harvard Square and establishing a poetry press to publish the silent and underserved. Free of her dreary marriage to Walter, she receives a proposal from Henry, a wealthy British peer and the man w...

As 34-year-old Timothy Dugan makes his way through life, he is beset by a growing list of problems.His girlfriend, a full-time college student, wants to have a baby, he hates his job, and his mother announces that she and his father, long divorced, plan to remarry. He copes by drinking too much. When his mother suggests it's time for another round of therapy, Timothy loudly resists. He knows his outlook is sour and vows to do better. Then Harcourt, a former fraternity brother, pres...

In "Our Love Could Light The World," the Dugans are a scrappy, dysfunctional family living in upstate New York, doing their best to get by. But when the mother unexpectedly walks out, she leaves behind five unruly kids and an alcoholic, unemployed husband. In these twelve compelling stories, discover how the Dugan clan navigates their new reality, learning to survive and even thrive.

Kirkus Reviews calls an open door, "An adroit, dry-witted tale about a strong-willed woman trying to live her life."It's 1948 and the freedom granted women by the Second World War is gone. Edith Sloan, earning her doctorate, is told by her law student husband to cancel her academic plans. His bright future requires a certain kind of wife, one in the kitchen making dinner for important guests. Frustrated and defiant, Edith leaves him but returns when his be...

The moon won't be dared is a poetry collection by award-winning author Anne Leigh Parrish that features artwork by Lydia Selk. In this momentous debut collection, the poet harnesses language to give readers a new vision of nature, the impossible plight of womanhood, love, aging, and beauty. Being a woman in a male-dominated society affords Anne Leigh Parrish the space to witness the world on an uneven keel. Parrish pays tribute to beauty, but also weaves the harsh truths of betray...

Part psychological study and part romantic comedy, A Winter Night reintroduces the fictional Dugan family of upstate New York. Eldest daughter Angie may have found the man of her dreams, but has trouble believing a word he says. Told bluntly yet with tenderness and humor, A Winter Night brings Angie face-to-face with herself, her fears, and her ability to truly love.Continuing the Dugan Family Saga, A Winter Night focuses on eldes...

Maggie and Marta Dugan are identical twins. Their relationship has the usual sisterly strains, until home alone one afternoon, Maggie masquerades as Marta when a friend of hers drops by. The ruse is quickly discovered, a rift between the sisters ensues, and they go their separate ways. But living apart is hard; real independence harder still. Will they come back together? How long until each realizes she needs the other to feel whole?"A fun, sparking book that embraces the wonders ...