Unmothered
Unmothered
When is a mother a myth, and when is she a monster? In an intimate and unflinching collection, A.J. Akoto tracks the complex bind of mother-daughter relationships. Through separation and attempts to mend, longing, and the fluidity of myth/story-telling in defining histories and identities, she collapses the elision between womanhood and motherhood/daughterhood, bringing to the forefront that which usually remains unspoken.