Walking to Africa / Jessica Le Bas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Bas, Jessica.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Zealand poetry--21st century.

New Zealand poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On an ordinary day, in ordinary New Zealand, an ordinary girl becomes extraordinary. Told through her mother's eyes, Walking to Africa follows the girl's journey through the strange, new and sometimes frightening world of mental health care. We meet specialists A through F, other kids, friends who want to help, an angel/nurse and the Ghostman ? alongside therapies and cures, strategies and rites. Walking to Africa is a fluid and unusual narrative collection of poetry that portrays a parent's experience of coming to terms with the new and frightening world of mental health care. Jessica Le

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Table of Contents; 1. Was This the Beginning?; Summer; Autumn; Winter; Spring; Summer, by Another Name; 2. The Beyond; Beside Her; Talking to Doctor Beam; Safety Measures; She Says I Hate You; There Are Other Kids; What Next?; A Map of the World; Whatever; Birds in a Cage; 3. Perspectives (1); This is Bernard's Answer; Walking to Africa; Rooms; Being There; A Red Canvas; The Coffee Table; 4. Another Autumn; What Was It?; Home Leave; O Another Winter; The Angel/Nurse; Ducks; 5. Voices; 6. Cutting the Deck; A Long Way from Home

Not the Fair GroundWhite, and Shades of Pale; The Darkest Place in the Universe; Aftermath; An Afternoon Walking; The E Word; Coming Up ...; 7. The Homecoming; ... Going Down; Another Ordinary Day Another Ambulance; 8. The Adult Inside the Child; The Adult Inside the Child is Asked to Come Out, Please Please Come Out Now; Finger Knitting; In the Adult Mental Health Unit; Noise(s); Cutting Connections; Sing-A-Long; 9. Visiting Hours; The Trick of Almost Winning; Harm's Way; Two Cats; Slice; 10. False Perception; The Colour Blue; Newly Discovered Sites on the Moon; Spells; And Sat Down Beside Her ...

The News on Reality11. The Not-Great Escape; Out Patient, Out; Out Driving Round Town on Friday Night; Where is She?; Wash; Shade; 12. Perspectives (2); What You Say; What They Say; How Things Lie; 13. Epilogue; Laptop; Your Right Arm; For Her, Poetry (i); For Her, Poetry (ii); Note and acknowledgements; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781775586906

1775586901

9781869405311

1869405315

9781775582373

177558237X

OCLC:

863823754