Washing My Mother's Body : A Ceremony for Grief by Joy Harjo (2025, Hardcover) online kaufen

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PublisherPotter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale

ISBN-101984861360

ISBN-139781984861368

eBay Product ID (ePID)6071792182

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Book TitleWashing My Mother's Body : a Ceremony for Grief

Number of Pages80 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2025

TopicSubjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, Subjects & Themes / Family, Native American

GenrePoetry

AuthorJoy Harjo

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.8 in

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SynopsisA beautifully illustrated edition of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's poem "Washing My Mother's Body," which offers a way through grief when the loss appears unbearable., A beautifully illustrated edition of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's poem "Washing My Mother's Body," which offers a way through grief when the loss appears unbearable. As I wash my mother's face, I tell her how beautiful she is, how brave, how her beauty and bravery live on in her grandchildren. Her face is relaxed, peaceful. Her earth memory body has not left yet, but when I see her the next day, embalmed and in the casket in the funeral home, it will be gone. Where does it go? Through lyrical prose and evocative watercolor illustrations by award-winning Muscogee artist Dana Tiger, Washing My Mother's Body explores the complexity of a daughter's grief as she reflects on the joys and sorrows of her mother's life. She lays her mother to rest in the landscape of her memory, honoring the hands that raised her, the body that protected her, and the legs that carried her mother through adversity. Moving, comforting, and deeply emotional, Washing My Mother's Body is a tender look at mother-daughter relationships, the complexity of grieving the loss of a parent, and the enduring love of those left behind.