Cathie Desjardins | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

For mothers and others interested in the lunatic and lyrical elements of the absolutely normal chaos of childbearing and childrearing, these poems chronicle the tender and sometimes terrifying moments of those large-as-life events. The territory ranges from the "Seven Dwarves" stages of pregnancy (Cranky, Hungry, Sleepy, Bashful, Doc, Sexy and Lumpy) to "Maternity Annoyances A-Z" to Big Questions: Is this invasion or salvation?/Our land grown larger and more circumscribed/ Where now the steep, the sharp, the vicious lurk/...Anyone who has spent time with babies and young children will recognize the themes captured in these poems.