Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother None Edition Contributor(s): Uppal, Priscila (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771022744 ISBN-13: 9781771022743 Publisher: Thomas Allen Publishers OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
Dewey: 943.905 |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.97" W x 9.08" (0.88 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 2013 Governor General's Literary Award -- Shortlisted, Non-Fiction 2013 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust -- Shortlisted, Non-Fiction Projection is the story of this mother-daughter meeting in Brazil, of how two strangers, connected by little more than blood, spent ten days together trying to build a relationship. In 1977, Priscila Uppal's father drank contaminated water in Antigua and within 48 hours was a quadriplegic. Priscila was two years old. Five years later, her mother, Theresa, drained the family's bank accounts and disappeared to Brazil. After two attempts to abduct her children, Theresa had no further contact with the family. In 2002, Priscila happened on her mother's website, which featured a childhood photograph of Priscila and her brother. A few weeks later, Priscila summoned the nerve to contact the woman who'd abandoned her. The emotional reunion was alternately shocking, hopeful, humorous, and devastating, as Priscila came to realize that not only did she not love her mother, she didn't even like her. Projection is a visceral, precisely written, brutally honest memoir that takes a probing look at a very unusual mother-daughter relationship, yet offers genuine comfort to all facing their own turbulent and unresolved familial relationships. |
Contributor Bio(s): Uppal, Priscila: - Priscila Uppal was an internationally acclaimed poet, prose writer, and playwright. A York University professor and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, she was the author of Ontological Necessities and Cover Before Striking. Her memoir, Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother, was shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Prize and a Governor General's Award. |