Learning to Breathe

Buchanan, Cindy

ISBN 13: 9798888383551

Published by Finishing Line Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning to Breathe
• Publisher: Finishing Line Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798888383551
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Learning to Breathe explores a mother's journey through years of attempting to navigate the guilt, confusion, and loss that comes with being the parent of an addict. It includes poems of grief and sorrow, as well as poems of endurance, strength, and praise. Through poetry as a form of prayer, the speaker realizes she has control only over herself. If she is to survive and be of help to her child and to those she loves, she must find how to be resilient. This is a parent's story, and the poems are an offering of hope to the many others in similar relationships: despite almost unbearable sorrow, we can learn to breathe again.

About the Author

Cindy Buchanan was raised in Alaska and has a B.A. in English from Gonzaga University. She studies poetry at Hugo House in Seattle, Washington where she currently lives, and is a member of two monthly poetry groups. Her work has been published in Chestnut Review, Evening Street Review, The MacGuffin, Hole in the Head Review, and other journals.