Cancer Courts My Mother
For every daughter who has watched a disease steal her mother away, one piece at a time, this collection provides a voice for the unspoken.
A daughter becomes her mother's caretaker as cancer - personified as a relentless suitor - courts her toward death, then retreats, then returns. This fictionalized poetry collection moves through remission and relapse, mapping caregiving, grief, and the unfinished business of a difficult mother-daughter bond in twenty-five poems.
"Cancer Courts My Mother" gives voice to the creativity borne out of the experience of late-stage cancer from the perspective of a caregiver and a daughter.
Written with candor, warmth, and grace, these poems explore universal themes of sorrow, resiliency, relationships, anger, hope, and love.
This collection is for anyone who's ever wondered how to go forward in the face of suffering but doesn't expect an easy answer.
Cancer, a Casanova, is bent on seducing a mother away from her family-- even as a dutiful daughter tries to defeat him.
* Haiku summary:
cancer's intrusions
can't stop a relationship
from healing
― Kellie Scott Reed, Poetry Editor, Roi Fain ant: "In 'Cancer Courts My Mother, ' LindaAnn LoSchiavo captures this complex journey through poetry that balances tenderness with brutal honesty... this collection digs deep into universal experiences of loss and care."
― Karen Cline-Tardiff, poet and Editor-in-Chief of Gnashing Teeth Publishing: "LoSchiavo chronicles an emotional journey through varied poetic forms... 'Bad memories are cadavers that refuse burial.'"
― Matt Potter, Editor-in-Chief of Pure Slush Publishing (Australia): "Real and harried, purposeful and comprehensive... 'Cancer Courts My Mother' provides readers with great measures of meaning."
Cancer Courts My Mother received the BREW Seal of Excellence from The Chrysalis BREW Project and the Voyages of Verses Award from OneTribune Media.
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