{"product_id":"stepmother-9781784746445","title":"Stepmother","description":"\u003ci\u003e'Euripides said \"better a serpent than a stepmother.\" For a moment, you like the idea of being a single line, winding around everything you touch. A vine.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBrave, graceful and absolutely vital - Mort shoulders away the old trope of the stepmother and replaces her with a host of humane women\u003c\/b\u003e' SARAH HALL, author of \u003ci\u003eHelm\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a new relationship casts poet Helen Mort in the role of stepmother, she embarks on a personal quest for understanding; moving across verse and personal essay, from fairytale to modern blended family.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTurning a bold and inventive gaze on this neglected dimension of female experience, these are candid dispatches from the shifting terrain of the modern family. As playful as it is moving, \u003ci\u003eSTEPMOTHER\u003c\/i\u003e radiates Mort's signature empathetic warmth, but with the bite of truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMort interleaves ravishing fragments of lyric essay with gothic flights into verse that draw us deep into the woods of \u003ci\u003eupon-a-time\u003c\/i\u003e, and back, changed, into the now. Groundbreaking and transformative, tender and uncompromising, \u003ci\u003eSTEPMOTHER \u003c\/i\u003ehas much to teach us about female power and the fear it still provokes, our openness to change, and the surprising shapes love can take. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I was enchanted by her blend of generous lyric and furious cultural critique. A spell for seeing differently' \u003c\/b\u003eCLARE POLLARD, author of THE MODERN FAIRIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chatto \u0026amp; Windus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784746445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Helen Mort","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774283772085,"sku":"9781784746445","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stepmother-9781784746445","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}