My Grandmother's Hair

By Ann Elizabeth Carson

In this alarmingly authentic autobiography, Ann Elizabeth Carson details the psychic split within herself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888666543
• ISBN13: 9780888666543
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Edgar Kent
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Poignant, personal and political

This poignant autobiography will resonate with many people who are consciously aware of their own healing journeys. Ann Elizabeth Carson provides an intimate picture of the delights and devastations of growing up with the legacy of small town Ontario. This provides a graphic depiction of how our character is moulded by our social and family contexts, no matter what they may be. The psychic split resulting occurs at multiple levels; mind, body and emotions. Her portrayal of her own multi-faceted healing journey, using myth, poetry, painting and sculpture will provide inspiration for all readers who seek to look more deeply into themselves.

Highly recommended!

A genre-defying, sometimes challenging, and enjoyable read. If you have any interest in post-modern feminist literature written from a perspective that bears in mind psychology, small-town Canadian life circa the 1930s, art therapy, Classical mythology and individual myth-making, personal reflection and memoir, read this book. "My Grandmother's Hair" cannot be pinned down into any one arena of content or style, and for this reason alone is a must-read.