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Some Other Mother
Aj Taudevin
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Description for Some Other Mother
Paperback. A play exploring language, globalisation, solidarity and class through the struggles of a young African mother trying to care for her child in Glasgow. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 127 x 5. Weight in Grams: 102.
'...Like the albatross, we need a safe place we can be. But somewhere we're together, my Mama and my me...' High up in a Glasgow tower block, ten-year-old Star and her mother await the outcome of their claim for asylum. As Mama’s mind fragments under the pressure of their unknown future, Star constructs a poetic and fantastical world of her own. Some Other Mother is a story of loss and survival, which explores the traumatising impact of the asylum system, regardless of the outcome.
'...Like the albatross, we need a safe place we can be. But somewhere we're together, my Mama and my me...' High up in a Glasgow tower block, ten-year-old Star and her mother await the outcome of their claim for asylum. As Mama’s mind fragments under the pressure of their unknown future, Star constructs a poetic and fantastical world of her own. Some Other Mother is a story of loss and survival, which explores the traumatising impact of the asylum system, regardless of the outcome.
Product Details
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783190201
SKU
V9781783190201
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Ref
99-10
About Aj Taudevin
AJ Taudevin is a writer whose credits include Chalk Farm, Demons, The Jean-Jacques Rousseau Show with Oran Mor, UNtruth (Traverse) and The YelloWing (Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival). She is currently on a year-long attachment with the Traverse Theatre as part of the Traverse Fifty. She won the Playwrights Studio Scotland New Writers Award in 2010 and with ... Read more
Reviews for Some Other Mother
The emotional impact is shattering and beautifully conveyed.
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
Playwright A J Taudevin has created a politically engaged play with sparks of comedy in its fantasy backdrop.
Exeunt Magazine
Some Other Mother stands out... in Taudevin's interest in the psychological wounds inflicted by the immigration system
Guardian
No tub-thumping piece of ... Read more
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
Playwright A J Taudevin has created a politically engaged play with sparks of comedy in its fantasy backdrop.
Exeunt Magazine
Some Other Mother stands out... in Taudevin's interest in the psychological wounds inflicted by the immigration system
Guardian
No tub-thumping piece of ... Read more