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“Featuring gorgeous gems from Dower's four poetry
collections and new pieces energized by the sheer
power of her wit and irreverent style,
I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom will
make readers both groan at and delight in
recognition of the everyday absurdities and magical
moments that add up to a lifetime of irreplaceable
memories."
—Shelf-Awareness
“What we inherit from our
mothers, what we carry forward, what we never
receive, and what we choose to leave behind—Kim
Dower’s poetry resonates with the echo of a rich and
complex mother-daughter relationship that she gently
and carefully unravels, line by line. This is a
stunning collection from a poet whose wisdom as a
daughter and a mother shines through on every page.”
—Hope Edelman, author of
Motherless Daughters
“In
Chinese, the written character for “mother love” is
composed of two elements—”love” and “pain.” Kim
Dower understands this universal
concept
in her bones and captures its meaning in these
beautiful and powerful poems.”
—Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of The
Island of Sea Women
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