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Poetry
by Peter Kenneally
July–August 2012, no. 343

All the Way Home by Kristin Henry

UWA Publishing, $24.95 pb, 187 pp, 9781742582825

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The cover of Kristin Henry’s verse novel All the Way Home shows a man at the wheel of a car, looking ahead at an endless dirt road. There is even a YouTube trailer for the book on the publisher’s website, with more driving. But in Henry’s book, as in all the best road movies, nobody ever seems to get anywhere.

 


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All the Way Home by Kristin Henry

UWA Publishing, $24.95 pb, 187 pp, 9781742582825

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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