Yesterday I Saw the Sun: Poems

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Summary: Ally Sheedy poetry
Review: critics were prepared to pan this because it was written by a famous actress. the work, however, is honest with brillant imagery and keen insight. I have used the book in college courses and find it inspiring.

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Summary: Raw, gutsy in its honesty, Ally Sheedy lets it all hang out.
Review: Emotionally raw and free of standard poetic justifications Ms. Sheedy delivers to us in quite simple honesty all the angst and despair of addictions and cages, both those placed upon her and those she's adopted as her own. Some passages are haunting, giving me cause to pause and wonder if she had lead specific moments of my own life, and undoubtedly moments from scores of others. I applaud this work, not completely on artistic merit, but more importantly for its depth and the author's ability to convey to us, the average reader, what an unsettled existence all the so-called riches of life can bring. I look forward to reading her next volumn.

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Summary: Not nearly as bad as you'd expect
Review: This book was published (back in 1991) to cash in on the author's fame as a movie star. It consists of free verse meditation on Ms Sheedy's inner feelings--- which sounds like it should be hideous. However, she has a good ear, and she is a relatively intelligent movie star, and the poems are actually interesting.