Always Going Home by Frances Edmond

Always Going Home is the compelling personal story of Frances Edmonds relationship with her beloved, complicated, difficult mother, the award-winning poet Lauris Edmond (1924-2000). This book takes a more intimate look at areas of Lauris's private life than have been detailed in previous family histories and autobiographies. Writing from memory, family recollections, and the goldmine of Lauris's correspondence and diaries, Frances details how her life intersected with, and often diverged from, her mothers. As creative collaborator, sole literary executor, and a frequent sounding board and confidante, Frances was privy to details known to very few. Beyond the trivia of who said what about whom, she learned about the wounds her mother carried and her inability to manage, or influence, the shifting tides of grief and resentment within their family. This 2023 Otago University Press Softcover is in good condition. Very bottom right has small stain first few pages.

ISBN: 9781990048432 SKU: 1570272 This image is of the actual book.

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