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RE-MEMBERING IBD

FINISHING LINE PRESS
02 / 2022
9781646627073
Inglés

Sinopsis

Love, Loss, Death and BeautyIn Re-Membering, subtitled 'In the midstáofálife weáare inádeath.' áfrom Book of Common Prayer, 1662, Burial of theáDead, Alice Hildebrand explores the complicated relationships within families, especially between mother and daughter, brought into sharp relief by illness and death.áHer poems start with the description of the impact of a motherâÇÖs alcoholism on a child as seen through that childâÇÖs yearning for greater connection, and move through the life cycle to finally letting go of that wish.áIn it we see the sadness of the child turn into the compassion and acceptance of maturity, and an exploration of what it means for a daughter to also be a mother herself. Throughout, the poems celebrate the richness of the natural world in which human lives unfold, and express the persistent presence of endings, of loss and death as an integral part of life.áThe author locates herself and us within the stream of her familyâÇÖs history, and contextualizes that stream within the larger motions of the universe.

PVP
16,95