Bird-Bent Grass A Memoir, in Pieces |
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| Author:
| Venema, Kathleen |
| Series title: | Life Writing Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-77112-290-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2018 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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When her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, the author returns to letters they'd exchanged years before, to foster her mother's engagement with reading and thinking. Bird-bent Grass uses excerpts from their correspondence to explore memory, illness, friendship, conflict, cross-cultural communication, and letters' timeless power.
When her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, the author returns to letters they'd exchanged years before, to foster her mother's engagement with reading and thinking. Bird-bent Grass uses excerpts from their correspondence to explore memory, illness, friendship, conflict, cross-cultural communication, and letters' timeless power.