7%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Praise of Motherhood
Phil Jourdan
€ 13.99
€ 12.96
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Praise of Motherhood
Paperback.
When Phil Jourdan's mother died suddenly in 2009, she left behind a legacy of kindness and charity - but she also left unanswered some troubling questions. Was she, as she once claimed, a spy? Had she suffered more profoundly as a woman and parent than she'd let on? Jourdan's recollections of his struggles with psychosis, and his reconstructions of conversations with his enigmatic mother, form the core of this memoir. Psychoanalysis, poetry and confession all merge to tell the story of an ordinary woman whose death turned her into a symbol for extraordinary motherhood.
When Phil Jourdan's mother died suddenly in 2009, she left behind a legacy of kindness and charity - but she also left unanswered some troubling questions. Was she, as she once claimed, a spy? Had she suffered more profoundly as a woman and parent than she'd let on? Jourdan's recollections of his struggles with psychosis, and his reconstructions of conversations with his enigmatic mother, form the core of this memoir. Psychoanalysis, poetry and confession all merge to tell the story of an ordinary woman whose death turned her into a symbol for extraordinary motherhood.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780992648
SKU
V9781780992648
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Phil Jourdan
Phil Jourdan is a musician, translator and columnist from Portugal, living in the UK.
Reviews for Praise of Motherhood
This is a beautiful meditation, simultaneously subtle and powerfully direct, on the depth of emotion between a mother and son. Jourdans words come back to me long after Ive finished the book. Moments of this memoir leave me haunted, and in that way renew my devotion to fragile lives, which is to say all of us, all so human, and ... Read more