Letters to My Mother and other mothers - Softcover

Fraser, Bashabi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910745146 ISBN 13: 9781910745144

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

They forego promotion and pay packets.
They stay at home. They are night watchers
Who feed and rock and calm to sleep
They tie their precious gifts to their back
Or stagger in tired pride, pushing our future
They are the bravest soldiers – marching on. – Mothers All

How does our relationship with our mothers shape the people we become? Does the experience of motherhood change us?

Bashabi Fraser commemorates her mother and the conversations they would have together. Exploring themes of motherhood, empowerment, love and loss, the acclaimed poet draws on her Indian and British life experience, engaging with hard-hitting current issues such as climate change, war and the prevalence of violence against women worldwide.

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. Fraser’s poetry is powerful and passionate as she contemplates the experience of motherhood and celebrates the life of her own mother and that of other mothers.

About this title

From the Author:

Bashabi Fraser has written extensively on multi-culturalism and on poetry. She travels widely as poet, across Scotland, the UK and India. Now living in Edinburgh, Bashabi teaches English at Edinburgh University and the Open University. She has a Ph.D in English from Calcutta University

Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1910745146
• ISBN 13: 9781910745144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 119