![]() ![]() Warsan Shire leaves women and girls with a powerful advice. The last poem which brings closure to this book practically screams at you to be still and yet it is so visceral and strange. Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth (mouthmark series Book 10) Kindle Edition by Warsan Shire (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 1,250 ratings 4.3 on Goodreads 18,607 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 4.75 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Our mother has banned her from saying God’s name.” Anything that leaves her mouth sounds like sex. We play Surah Al-Baqarah to drown her out. “Some nights I hear her in her room screaming. Warsan Shire shows that the women in this book seek love and affection but they get the opposite while the women who chose to live their lives on their own terms are frowned at. Relationships in many forms sexual, familial and friendships are explored in this book. Warsan Shire explores feminism and the unconventional womanhood, mother-daughter dynamics, love, family, war, immigration, sexual assault, lesbianism, death, purity culture and trauma amongst many other themes. Each poem is intimate and definitely will speak to different readers in different ways. ![]() ![]() The poems Warsan Shire has put in this book feel so personal yet broad. This book is a collection of poems that are beautiful, almost flowery but straight to the point. What elevates teaching my mother how to gi. Read 1,554 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. ![]() “I am the sin of memory and the absence of memory.” Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth book. ![]()
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