Cover
Contents
Acknowledgements
Prologue in the First Person
The Absent Mother, An Introduction
The Absent Mother's (Amazing) Comeback: Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel and The Diviners
Re-membering with Mothertongue: Daphne Marlatt's Search for the Absent Mother in Language
These Our Grand-mothers: Jovette Marchessault's Like a Child of the Earth, Mother of the Grass and White Pebbles in the Dark Forests
Silent Mothers / Noisy Daughters: Joy Kogawa's Obasan and Sky Lee's Disappearing Moon Cafe
"Everyone has their own story to tell": Katherine Martens in Conversation with Seven Women
Coda
Notes
References