On Her Own Terms

Poems about Memory Loss and Living Life to the Fullest

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<p><strong>Internationally acclaimed author Carolyn Gammon conjures a kind and unflinching portrait of her mother's memory loss-ultimately revealing the love, joy and life which remain even as memory fades.</strong></p><p>Learning to speak in maybes-<i>perhaps I told you? Were you there?</i>-and to let a mother direct memory as memory vanishes, Gammon threads a path through time, bringing us into the heart and heat of a mother-daughter relationship that is changing as each day passes. That one day, may not offer "the pleasure of a daughter's company, but only that of a warm hand."</p><p>Each poem reveals the intimacy of this mother-daughter relationship, thrusting the reader into their dialogue and communication. At the end of each poem is a quote from Gammon's mother, often eerily insightful, reflecting her own youthful ambition to write: "I am still clinging to the vine" and "I find forgetting easy."</p><p>Kind, often funny, and always honest, this collection is for anyone who has loved someone who is beginning to forget; has forgotten; but will not <i>be</i> forgotten.</p><p>These words offer an archive; a testament to the memory that lives in books-and a reminder that memory loss is not an insurmountable barrier to living a good life.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781550179651

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

226 x 149 x 12 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.