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Grief? s Alphabet by Carrie Etter is a shattering elegy for the poet? s mother, opening a pathway through grief in spite of the impossible task of expressing such a loss. Beginning both chronologically and alphabetically, the collection moves from early life with the narrator? s adoption, through to the mother? s unexpected death and the banal yet painful tasks which follow, such as sorting clothes and arranging the funeral. The final section deals with life after loss, and the long work of grieving which culminates in the title poem. Evoking the complex, intimate relationship between mother and daughter, this raw yet deft collection celebrates love in the same breath as it weeps for its loss.?

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      Publisher Poetry Wales Press
      Published 1 August 2024
      ISBN-13 9781781727508
      978-1781727508
      ISBN-10 1781727503
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      Book Synopsis
      Grief? s Alphabet by Carrie Etter is a shattering elegy for the poet? s mother, opening a pathway through grief in spite of the impossible task of expressing such a loss. Beginning both chronologically and alphabetically, the collection moves from early life with the narrator? s adoption, through to the mother? s unexpected death and the banal yet painful tasks which follow, such as sorting clothes and arranging the funeral. The final section deals with life after loss, and the long work of grieving which culminates in the title poem. Evoking the complex, intimate relationship between mother and daughter, this raw yet deft collection celebrates love in the same breath as it weeps for its loss.?

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