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The Loom
Paperback
Series: Brave & Brilliant
Publisher Price: $26.99
ISBN13: 9781773855837
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Published: Nov 15 2024
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Andy Weaver led a life of quiet contemplation before becoming a father at the age of 42. Within three years he had two sons; two small, relentless disruptions to an existence which had, for a very long time, been self-sustaining and tranquil.
The Loom is a book about love. It is a book about frustration, confusion, crying, and being sticky. It is a book about doubt, unreadiness, fear, sleeplessness, and pressure. It is a book about parenthood. But mostly, it's a book about love.
Andy Weaver presents a series of lyric poems which stand on their own yet weave together to create a complete whole, like childhood days. He shares the beauty of parenthood, and it's unexpected frustrations, and the surreality of an experience that is at once deeply universal and completely personal. With self-awareness and a deep vein of humour, he translates the total submission to unconditional love that parenthood demands.
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