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Letters to My Mother

and other mothers

Bashabi Fraser author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Luath Press Ltd

Published:15th Oct '15

Should be back in stock very soon

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A collection of poetry on the themes of motherhood, empowerment, love and loss by acclaimed poet who has published three collections previously.

> Drawing on her Indian and British life experience, Fraser engages with hard-hitting current issues such as rape culture in India, climate change and war. A son questions his mother’s love after she has learned about his violent deeds. The biblical Eve is shown as a liberator. A daughter of India demands justice from her society.

There is a wonderful conversational ease in the writing, with mother and child sharing their feelings about music, art, love and politics, but the poems are always delicately and lyrically crafted. STEPHEN REGAN, Professor of Poetry at the University of Durham

ISBN: 9781910745144

Dimensions: 214mm x 145mm x 9mm

Weight: 150g

119 pages