Turning Plow Press is pleased to announce the publication of Mother and Son by Paul Austin

A series of episodic poems that tell the story of a poor, working class mother who’s left to raise her son alone. Told from the mother’s point of view, it begins in 1932 when, as a young woman, she leaves Nova Scotia to find a new life in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1942, during World War II, a series of events happen that cause an unspoken separation between her and her son. The episodes chronicle the breaches beyond their control that prevent them from closing the empty pace between them until Thanksgiving, 1975.

“…a work of deep sympathy and real human feeling, painting a picture of a love that is as big and real as it is imperfect.” — Benjamin Meyers, Oklahoma Poet Laureate,

“a poetic drama…with lyrical impact…a lifetime that feels like a lived life of mother and son.” — Barry Wallenstein It’s About Time, New York Quarterly Books

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