What is in the blood
By: Ellen Stone
Publisher: Mayapple Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Woodstock, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
ISBN-13: 9789364199513; 9781936419951
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: American poetry; Manic-depressive illness; Poetry; Women
Work titles: Poems
Description: "What Is in the Blood is a poetry memoir about growing up in rural Pennsylvania in the 1960s and '70s with a bipolar mother. The book describes a girl's early childhood and adolescence from having a vibrant mother - to living with a ghost mother. What Is in the Blood is about being female in America, the expectations of caregiving, and the toll gender takes on women. The book touches on a daughter's sexual beginnings, as well as sexual assault and its lingering cost. What Is in the Blood makes clear the journey and impact of caring for a mentally ill parent while becoming a woman and mother. The gardens, fields, rivers and mountains of the author's childhood provide both context and purpose to the family's struggle. What Is in the Blood is finally a book about how the natural world holds and cares for those who rely on it for solace."--Publisher's website.