{"product_id":"on-her-own-terms-carolyn-gammon-9781550179651","title":"On Her Own Terms: Poems about Memory Loss and Living Life to the Fullest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternationally 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning to speak in maybes--\u003ci\u003eperhaps I told you? Were you there?\u003c\/i\u003e--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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKind, often funny, and always honest, this collection is for anyone who has loved someone who is beginning to forget; has forgotten; but will not \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carolyn Gammon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550179659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550179651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harbour Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Carolyn Gammon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945039692031,"sku":"9781550179651","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4a1a840c-e57d-45b3-b7e5-c3a65c5ff607.jpg?v=1681506429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-her-own-terms-carolyn-gammon-9781550179651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}