{"id":1444,"date":"2022-09-20T16:47:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T21:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2022-09-21T15:26:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T20:26:34","slug":"book-review-pomegranate-by-helen-elaine-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/book-review-pomegranate-by-helen-elaine-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"217\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pomegranate-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1445\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pomegranate-book-cover.jpg 217w, http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pomegranate-book-cover-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pomegranate-book-cover-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pomegranate is the story of a woman&#8217;s journey once she is released from prison, which is affected by her Blackness and her Queerness.  Ranita, a former addict, tries to work recovery principles in her life while moving on from her prison sentence.  But in one way, she cannot move on &#8211; she has a lover who is still behind bars whom she writes to.  Will she ever contact her lover again?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is a very moving read, and I learned a lot in the process.  The author takes many difficult topics and creates a message of real hope in the end.  I was inspired by Pomegranate to think more about what stories that people who struggle might be hiding.  A worthy read for anyone wanting to see someone overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable.  (Out April 11, 2023)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pomegranate is the story of a woman&#8217;s journey once she is released from prison, which is affected by her Blackness and her Queerness. Ranita, a former addict, tries to work recovery principles in her life while moving on from her &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/book-review-pomegranate-by-helen-elaine-lee\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2405,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1446,"href":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions\/1446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w1.loganberrybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}