Nightshade Mother [electronic resource] : : A Disentangling
Gwyneth Lewis2024
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In this extraordinary memoir, Gwyneth Lewis, the inaugural National Poet of
Wales, recounts her toxic upbringing at the hands of her controlling, coercive
mother. It is a book that Gwyneth has been preparing to write all her life,
keeping diaries since childhood. In these journals, she interrogates the
emotionally abusive relationship she experienced, in great pain but determined
to find a way through.
Nightshade Mother is a book that Gwyneth co-writes with her younger self, an
unexpected and life-saving dialogue through time. Metaphors of haunting
intensity help her confront what happened to her; quotations from art and
literature guide and steady her. This is a book about the power of art, language
and, ultimately, about homecoming over a lifetime of exile from herself. It is a
profoundly moving and beautiful work; questing, forgiving and loving in its
approach.
Main title:
Nightshade Mother [electronic resource] : : A Disentangling / Gwyneth Lewis
Author:
Gwyneth Lewis, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Calon, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (240 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781915279927
Language:
English
BRN:
524719
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