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Wearing My Mother's Heart by Sophia Thakur

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Wearing My Mother's Heart

Sophia Thakur

Candlewick Press · Hardcover · October 10, 2023

Reading lane: Inspirational Poetry

Performance poet Sophia Thakur offers a powerful new collection touching on intergenerational relationships, finding your voice, and what it means to be a woman.

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Why This Clicks

Voices Across Generations

Poems connect women’s histories with the questions of identity, voice, and self-love facing women today.

Come here for

  • A grandmother, mother, and daughter’s voices in conversation
  • Reflections on race, politics, mental health, and love

Expect

  • An emotionally charged poetry collection
  • Past and present meeting in questions of womanhood

Book Details

Authors
Sophia Thakur
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
October 10, 2023
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Inspirational Poetry · African American Poetry
Reading lane
Inspirational Poetry

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Multigenerational Families

  • Girls & Women

  • Poetry for Teens

About This Book

Performance poet Sophia Thakur offers a powerful new collection touching on intergenerational relationships, finding your voice, and what it means to be a woman. In her heartfelt second poetry collection, Sophia Thakur takes us on an emotionally charged journey through the lives of women in the past and considers what it means to be a woman today. Exploring topics such as identity, race, politics, mental health, and self-love, she weaves together the voices of a grandmother,...

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Performance poet Sophia Thakur offers a powerful new collection touching on intergenerational relationships, finding your voice, and what it means to be a woman. In her heartfelt second poetry collection, Sophia Thakur takes us on an emotionally charged journey through the lives of women in the past and considers what it means to be a woman today. Exploring topics such as identity, race, politics, mental health, and self-love, she weaves together the voices of a grandmother, mother, and daughter and examines how previous generations have given us the freedom to speak out. Encompassing love from first crush to breakup, as well as the history that comes before us and the brave moments that make us, this collection will resonate with all young women as they approach the joys and pain of adulthood.

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