Mothers of Sparta : a memoir in pieces

Author

Dawn Davies

Call Number

• 921 D25545 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Flatiron Books, 2018.

Physical Description

262 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

In Mothers of Sparta, Dawn Davies writes like an avenging angel. Her stories are poetic, moving, provocative, and bracingly honest as she trains her lucid gaze on some of life's deepest complexities: In the face of terror, betrayal, and impending loss, how do we love? And what does that love cost us?

Contents

• Night swim
• Three places
• Keeping the faith
• Games I play
• Pie
• Fear of falling
• Field manual - divorce and remarriage: suburban ops
• Men i would have slept with
• Kicking the snakes
• Views of a secret
• Foster dog
• Soccer mom
• The dress
• King of the world
• Mothers of Sparta
• Four animals.