A Brave Crescendo

<p>In Abbie Copeland’s debut poetry collection A Brave Crescendo she explores what it means to be a woman navigating family and relationships as a mother lover daughter and sexual abuse survivor. Helen Fremont author of After Long Silence writes “Abbie Copeland’s A Brave Crescendo presents a fresh poetic voice – strong and thrilling in its courage and accomplishment. Charting the dangerous territory of sexual abuse family and fraught relationships these poems are sharply observant and brilliantly controlled.” Dina Paulson-McEwen author of Parts of Love writes “Familia is commemorated a no-judgment zone where lineage is agent. Embodied memory welcomes an effortless reader.”</p>