| Sing-Song Contributor(s): Kennedy, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1869402952 ISBN-13: 9781869402952 Publisher: Auckland University Press OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: This collection of poetry deals with the domestic life of a family, mother, father, and two small children, and in particular about the grueling experience of eczema from which the little girl suffers. Told from the mother's point of view and set amid moves of house, the pressures on a bicultural household, and endless fruitless encounters with healers of many kinds, the poetry turns into a moving and profoundly recognizable picture of the strains, anxieties, fatigue, and desperation of parenthood. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art - Literary Criticism - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.3 |
| LCCN: 2005360129 |
| Physical Information: 150 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of poetry deals with the domestic life of a family, mother, father, and two small children, and in particular about the grueling experience of eczema from which the little girl suffers. Told from the mother's point of view and set amid moves of house, the pressures on a bicultural household, and endless fruitless encounters with healers of many kinds, the poetry turns into a moving and profoundly recognizable picture of the strains, anxieties, fatigue, and desperation of parenthood. |