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The poems in this collection are an evocative documentation of the harrowing experiences of a child living in a hostile and unhappy home. The reader is shown the pain, the bitterness and the mixed emotions that accompany the experiences of growing up in a family torn apart by domestic violence and alcoholism. Memory is tested by remembering what one does not want to remember.
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A book of poetry about surviving family domestic violence.'Blood Relations' is a book of poetry dealing with the frustrations and anguish of living in a family torn apart by alcoholism and domestic violence. The poems are evocative and harrowing. They take the reader on a journey through the emotions of a daughter who witnessed the unbearable, yet survived; where she constantly remembers what she does not want to remember. Memory is fraught with the passing of time and the peculiar twits of its turnings. Is memory faithful? 'Blood Relations' explores all this and is an exercise in story-telling which ultimately heals.
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