Cancer Courts My Mother

<p><strong><em>For every daughter who has watched a disease steal her mother away one piece at a time this collection provides a voice for the unspoken.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>A daughter becomes her mother's caretaker as cancer - personified as a relentless suitor - courts her toward death then retreats then returns. This fictionalized poetry collection moves through remission and relapse mapping caregiving grief and the unfinished business of a difficult mother-daughter bond in twenty-five poems.</p><p></p><p>Cancer Courts My Mother gives voice to the creativity borne out of the experience of late-stage cancer from the perspective of a caregiver and a daughter.</p><p></p><p>Written with candor warmth and grace these poems explore universal themes of sorrow resiliency relationships anger hope and love.</p><p></p><p>This collection is for anyone who's ever wondered how to go forward in the face of suffering but doesn't expect an easy answer.</p><p></p><p>Cancer a Casanova is bent on seducing a mother away from her family-- even as a dutiful daughter tries to defeat him.</p><p></p><p>*  Haiku summary:</p><p></p><p>cancer's intrusions</p><p>can't stop a relationship</p><p>from healing</p><p></p><p>― Kellie Scott Reed Poetry Editor Roi Fainéant: In 'Cancer Courts My Mother' LindaAnn LoSchiavo captures this complex journey through poetry that balances tenderness with brutal honesty... this collection digs deep into universal experiences of loss and care.</p><p></p><p>― Karen Cline-Tardiff poet and Editor-in-Chief of Gnashing Teeth Publishing: LoSchiavo chronicles an emotional journey through varied poetic forms... 'Bad memories are cadavers that refuse burial.'</p><p></p><p>― Matt Potter Editor-in-Chief of Pure Slush Publishing (Australia): Real and harried purposeful and comprehensive... 'Cancer Courts My Mother' provides readers with great measures of meaning.</p><p></p><p>Cancer Courts My Mother received the BREW Seal of Excellence from The Chrysalis BREW Project and the Voyages of Verses Award from OneTribune Media.​​​​​​​</p>