Washing My Mother's Body: A Ceremony for Grief SIGNED FIRST EDITION
New York: Ten Speed Press, 2025.
First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by both Joy Harjo and Dana Tiger in ink to publisher's tipped in page. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 7 3/4" X 5 3/4". Unpaginated. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. A very presentable signed first edition.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
A beautifully illustrated edition of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s poem “Washing My Mother’s Body,” which offers a way through grief when the loss appears unbearable.
As I wash my mother’s face, I tell her
how beautiful she is, how brave, how her beauty and bravery
live on in her grandchildren. Her face is relaxed, peaceful.
Her earth memory body has not left yet,
but when I see her the next day, embalmed and in the casket
in the funeral home, it will be gone.
Where does it go?
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.
Moving, comforting, and deeply emotional, Washing My Mother’s Body is a tender look at mother-daughter relationships, the complexity of grieving the loss of a parent, and the enduring love of those left behind.(Publisher). Very good +. Item #16779
ISBN: 9781984861368
Price: $35.00