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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
      Publication Date: 1/8/2024
      ISBN13: 9781781727508, 978-1781727508
      ISBN10: 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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