Birth Mother [Paperback]

Joanna Catherine Scott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2000

Award winning poetry chapbook. Companion to Scott's novel THE LUCKY GOURD SHOP, available from MacMurray & Beck Publishers.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...explores the double-edged sword of motherhood from the vantage point of a woman who has ... lost children and adopted them." -- Geraldine Connolly

Read these lucid and elegant poems for their compelling story--that of an American woman in the Phillipines... -- Natasha Saje

Product Details

• Paperback: 19 pages
• Publisher: Longleaf Press (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967099447
• ISBN-13: 978-0967099446
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,894,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joanna Catherine Scott (1943--) was born in England during an air raid over London, raised in Australia by a rabidly religious mother and a phlegmatic engineer father, married way too young, divorced, fell in love again and came with her American husband to live in the US where, aside from a couple of years in the Philippines, she has lived below the Mason Dixon line ever since. Her five novels and oral history collection have all been based on true life stories, giving voice to the voiceless. Her poetry tells stories too. She has six children, three Australian and three adopted Korean, as well as a young man whom she met while he was on death row whom she regards as her seventh child. A Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, she is a graduate of Adelaide and Duke Universities and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Her website is www.joannacatherinescott.com.