Expectation Days

by Sandra McPherson

Book Overview

From movie making to medical misadventures, meditations on widowhood to feminist protestations, Expectation Days is a dazzling portrayal of instances in Sandra McPherson's life. Her autobiographical collection uses peculiar and exact language to reflect on a wide range of activities that include grouse hunting, going through airport security after 9/11, and climbing a coastal cliff. From being an unintended child to ceremonializing a lifetime "served," McPherson speaks in both clear and distressing voices from the state of speechless fear that is bereavement.

Will the little figures ever reach the monument?

A doctor orders me to be on watch.

Will the mist pass over their cheeks

and clear the strollers' eyes?

If so, I'll see it. I'm on watch.

I train my eyes on paintings

to see if there is any change.

--from "On Suicide Watch"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252074750
• ISBN13: 9780252074752
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"