Jan Goddard-Finegold Releases THE BEE IN THE BOTTLE

Author Jan Goddard-Finegold demonstrates her natural gift to weave words with "The Bee in the Bottle." An accessible and utterly remarkable poetry compilation, it touches on many a diverse themes, including the mysteries of existence, consciousness, memory, illness and death, feelings of loss and disappointment, and the wonders and beauties of life.

Through Goddard-Finegold's magical prose and expressions, she moves the readers into a smooth, velvety trance where love is a place of hope, worship and passion. Lush with powerful emotions, her heartrending poetic pieces will definitely affect readers' hearts and souls. Her remarkable play with words and thoughts can bring both smiles and tears to readers. From life to family, from love to despair, from loneliness to tranquility, from searching and longing to understanding and moving on, from rejection to admission, and a whole lot more, the poems are a perfect blend of the author's feelings, hopes, perspective, and wisdom.

From romance, heartache and grief, readers will be lost in a sea of emotions with Goddard-Finegold's poetry collection that intends to inspire, give hope and bring happiness in life.

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About the Author
A research and clinical physician from 1974 until 2002 at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, Jan Goddard-Finegold retired from neurodevelopmental pediatrics due to a muscular disease. She has been a serious student of poetry and photography since her early years, having been inspired by the poetry of her cousin, Randall Jarrell (1914-1965). She obtained a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. She studied writing there with the author Joseph Heller and biology with Lewis G. Tilney. She earned an MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1974. She has been married since 1982 to Milton J. Finegold, MD, and lives in Houston with him and their dachshund, Beatrix.

The Bee in the Bottle * by Jan Goddard-Finegold
and other Poems
Publication Date: September 30, 2013
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 128 pages; 978-1-4931-0236-5
Trade Hardback; $29.99; 128 pages; 978-1-4931-0237-2
e-book; $3.99; 978-1-4931-0238-9

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