| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 119 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Dying to Create a Hero; "Is Mother All Right?"; May Breath; My Nehiyaw Mother; Remembering the Mothers of the Stolen Children; Mother India; Speaking from Beyond the Grave; Blue Robe; Mother-Witch and Other Poems; Notes from Tinkle; Mushrooms and Memory; The Orchard; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
Missing, dead, disappeared, or otherwise absent mothers haunt us and the stories we tell ourselves. Our literature, from fairytales like Cinderella and The Little Mermaid to popular narratives like Cheryl Strayed's recent book Wild, is peopled with motherless children. The absent mother, whether in literature or life, may force us to forge an independent identity. But she can also leave a mother-shaped hole and a howling loneliness that dogs us through our adult lives. This anthology explores the theme of absent mothers from scholars and creative writers, who tell personal stories and provide |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
PDF (JSTOR, viewed September 8, 2017) |
| Subject |
Absentee mothers.
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Mothers in literature.
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Absentee mothers
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Mothers in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Greenslade, Frances, 1961- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781772581249 |
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1772581240 |
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9781772581263 |
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1772581267 |
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