Emotional, deep, layered, beautiful, and stunning. Adoption from three perspectives, as told by a female poet. "What sets 'Three Hearts Stitched' apart is its ability to evoke a wide range of emotions. The poems are both heart-wrenching and heartwarming." - Rachel Jackson, Influencer Celaine Charles writes a powerful, honest, and vulnerable collection of poems about adoption that shows bravery and heart. Drawing on her experience as an adopted child, award-winning poet Celaine Charles crafts poems based on both her own life and fictionalized stories of her own design. The result is a powerful and honest book because it is told from the heart.
How does it feel to give up your child for adoption, to adopt, or be adopted? Three Hearts Stitched tells the story from each viewpoint, often in a way you didn't expect, revealing deep emotions. Confusion, sadness, joy. All these feelings and more are captured in this inspirational poetry book.
You are the treasure, buried
by the ones who gave you life;
found by the ones who gave you life.
-excerpt from Three Hearts Stitched This is the second book of poems by Celaine Charles. She was a poetry finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Literary Contest, July 2017. Her first poetry book Colors Collected was based on her online series Colors, awarded Best New Series, Best Continuing Series, and Best Poetry Series for the 2018 Channillo Awards.
Get your copy today to experience this collection of poems yourself. Let your heart break, mourn, and get stitched back together again.
As featured on the PNWA 2024 new books list.