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Washing my mother's body : a ceremony for grief  Cover Image Book Book

Washing my mother's body : a ceremony for grief / Joy Harjo ; art by Dana Tiger.

Harjo, Joy, (author.). Tiger, Dana, 1961- (illustrator.).

Summary:

Through lyrical prose and evocative watercolor illustrations by award-winning Muscogee artist Dana Tiger, Washing My Mother's Body explores the complexity of a daughter's grief as she reflects on the joys and sorrows of her mother's life. She lays her mother to rest in the landscape of her memory, honoring the hands that raised her, the body that protected her, and the legs that carried her mother through adversity.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781984861368
  • ISBN: 1984861360
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First illustrated edition.
  • Publisher: California ; Ten Speed Press, [2025]
Subject: Grief > Poetry.
Mothers > Death > Poetry.
Indians of North America > Poetry.
Mothers and daughters > Poetry.
Genre: Illustrated works.
Poetry.

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  • 0 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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Hood River County Library 811 HAR 2025 (Text) 33892101044197 Adult New Books In process -

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