Walking to Africa

Fiction & Literature, Poetry
Cover of the book Walking to Africa by Jessica Le Bas, Auckland University Press
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Author: Jessica Le Bas ISBN: 9781775582373
Publisher: Auckland University Press Publication: December 1, 2009
Imprint: Auckland University Press Language: English
Author: Jessica Le Bas
ISBN: 9781775582373
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Publication: December 1, 2009
Imprint: Auckland University Press
Language: English

Portraying a parent’s experience of coming to terms with the new and frightening world of mental health care, this narrative explores the myriad foreign ways of diagnosis and treatment. Written from a mother’s perspective, the poetic sequence displays the anguish and complexity of dealing with mental illness, describing the events of an ordinary family-the numerous visits to doctors, the treatments that don’t work, and the people who suddenly have answers and heartbreaking histories of their own to tell. At the heart of the book lies an outstanding set of poems about electroconvulsive therapy, leading up to a concluding revelation that mental illness may have no solutions, but there are ways of living with it. As stark and powerful as it is healing and illuminating, this is a groundbreaking addition to the field of New Zealand poetry.

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Portraying a parent’s experience of coming to terms with the new and frightening world of mental health care, this narrative explores the myriad foreign ways of diagnosis and treatment. Written from a mother’s perspective, the poetic sequence displays the anguish and complexity of dealing with mental illness, describing the events of an ordinary family-the numerous visits to doctors, the treatments that don’t work, and the people who suddenly have answers and heartbreaking histories of their own to tell. At the heart of the book lies an outstanding set of poems about electroconvulsive therapy, leading up to a concluding revelation that mental illness may have no solutions, but there are ways of living with it. As stark and powerful as it is healing and illuminating, this is a groundbreaking addition to the field of New Zealand poetry.

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