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What is in the Blood by Ellen Stone
WHAT IS IN THE BLOOD is a poetry memoir about growing up in rural Pennsylvania in the 1960s and ’70s with a bipolar mother. The book describes a girl’s early childhood and adolescence from having a vibrant mother–to living with a ghost mother. WHAT IS IN THE BLOOD is about being female in America, the expectations of caregiving, and the toll gender takes on women. The book touches on a daughter’s sexual beginnings, as well as sexual assault and its lingering cost. WHAT IS IN THE BLOOD makes clear the journey and impact of caring for a mentally ill parent while becoming a woman and mother. The gardens, fields, rivers and mountains of the author’s childhood provide both context and purpose to the family’s struggle. WHAT IS IN THE BLOOD is finally a book about how the natural world holds and cares for those who rely on it for solace.
