A mother is a paperclip

by Karen Francis

The shaping of a mother - from urgency of maternal drive to discovering what nestles buried within the small print lies here.

Deep-seated longing for a child, when endlessly thwarted carrying to term, gives way to the joy of new-borns. Bitingly acute fears, sometimes tiger-rage when children are hurt, are forensically examined - through to the bitter-sweetness of their flight. The raw, organic, ever-evolving transformations throughout motherhood,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1916830110
• ISBN13: 9781916830110
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Hedgehog Poetry Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"