A mother apart

How do you raise a child when your own mother abandoned you? In a remarkable story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin, renowned for performances in Def Poetry Slam and hit solo shows like MotherStruck!, radically re-imagines the essential art of mothering. In seeking her elusive mother – a trail that leads to Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne and, finally, Jamaica – Staceyann and her daughter forge a new sense of home.

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