The Story I Told My Mother: Poems & an Essay (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798989108602)

The first book from short story writer, poet, and essayist Jennifer Gravley, The Story I Told My Mother questions what it means to be the adult daughter of a mother-and eventually, a daughter without a mother. The opening poems, anchored in this inevitably fraught relationship, recount a desire for connection that is ultimately unachievable with the death of Gravley's mother. The concluding hermit crab essay contends with the messiness and interrupting quality of grief through formal restraint, delivering a ferocious gut punch. For Gravley, language and storytelling are a way forward, and wielding them rebuilds her world and self.

Author: Jennifer Gravley
ISBN-10: 8989108608
ISBN-13: 9798989108602
Publisher: Twelve Winters Press
Language: English
Published: 09/03/2023
Pages: 62
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.15d