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, in diaries that she's kept since childhood. In these journals, s...

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Main Author:	Lewis, Gwyneth 1959- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cardiff Calon 2024
Subjects:	Lewis, Gwyneth > 1959- Mutter Emotionaler Missbrauch Tochter Lewis, Gwyneth / 1959- Poets, Welsh / 20th century / Biography Mother and child / Biography Child abuse / Biography Mère et enfant / Biographies Biographies Autobiografie
Summary:	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, in diaries that she's kept since childhood. In these journals, she interrogates the emotionally abusive mother/daughter relationship, in great pain but determined to find a way through. The result 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 help to guide and steady her. Nightshade Mother is a book about the power of art, language and, ultimately, about homecoming after a lifetime of exile from herself. It is a profoundly moving and beautiful work; questing, forgiving and loving in its approach
Physical Description:	223 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts (schwarz/weiß) 22,3 cm
ISBN:	9781915279903