A01=Alison Townsend
Author_Alison Townsend
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Product details
- ISBN 9781893996618
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 15 May 2003
- Publisher: White Pine Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this quiet, clear-eyed collection Townsend meditates on the varieties of loss, childhood bereavement, depression and divorce to arrive at the realisation that it is through loss that we come into possession of some of life's most profound gifts. She articulates what it was like to grow up motherless, explores life in a step-family, scrutinises depression, breaks codes of feminine silence, and celebrates the enduring power of place.
Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Townsend spent her childhood in rural New York State. She attended college in Vermont, leaving for the West Coast upon graduation. She lived in Southern California for many years, followed by a sojourn in Oregon. She presently lives in Wisconsin, where she is assistant professor of English, Creative Writing and Women's
