{"product_id":"on-her-own-terms-von-carolyn-gammon","title":"On Her Own Terms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternationally acclaimed author Carolyn Gammon conjures a kind and unflinching portrait of her mother's memory loss-ultimately revealing the love, joy and life which remain even as memory fades.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearning to speak in maybes-\u003ci\u003eperhaps I told you? Were you there?\u003c\/i\u003e-and to let a mother direct memory as memory vanishes, Gammon threads a path through time, bringing us into the heart and heat of a mother-daughter relationship that is changing as each day passes. That one day, may not offer \"the pleasure of a daughter's company, but only that of a warm hand.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach poem reveals the intimacy of this mother-daughter relationship, thrusting the reader into their dialogue and communication. At the end of each poem is a quote from Gammon's mother, often eerily insightful, reflecting her own youthful ambition to write: \"I am still clinging to the vine\" and \"I find forgetting easy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKind, often funny, and always honest, this collection is for anyone who has loved someone who is beginning to forget; has forgotten; but will not \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese words offer an archive; a testament to the memory that lives in books-and a reminder that memory loss is not an insurmountable barrier to living a good life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781550179651\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePoems about Memory Loss and Living Life to the Fullest\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781550179651","offer_id":57809449845061,"sku":"9781550179651","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/6c9a77be-fb9d-482a-b854-00fc6a070b66.jpg?v=1779941239","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/on-her-own-terms-von-carolyn-gammon","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}