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Leaving Normal

English · Paperback / Softback

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"Gina Forberg's new book, Leaving Normal invites us into a microcosmic world delving deep into her role not only as a daughter to her dying mother but also as a mother raising a son with special needs. Through driving narrative and lyricism she asks us to bear witness to the difficult, the unspoken and fear surrounding these events. In the poem Leaving Normal, she speaks to us with an honest, no holds barred voice: When my son says, "fuck" instead of "truck," "weed" instead of "read," I am grateful for the sounds he makes, for the missed chords, for the imperfection of song. This honesty and authenticity is pervasive throughout the book. When she can hardly bare another moment of her mother's suffering she admits in Bedtime Story: When her breathing became labored / I was grateful / for the thunder of the subway, passing, // silencing her body. All night I lay there / and when I heard / the rails rattle, I wanted one train // then another. Leaving Normal is a book of unparalleled compassion, devotion and love. It is Gina Forberg at her most revelatory, vulnerable self.

Product details

Authors Gina Forberg
Publisher Finishing Line Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 08.05.2016
 
EAN 9781944899325
ISBN 978-1-944899-32-5
No. of pages 44
Dimensions 140 mm x 216 mm x 3 mm
Weight 70 g
Series New Women's Voices
New Women's Voices Series
Subject Fiction > Poetry, drama

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