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'Heartbreaking, funny and deeply moving...This is writing to savour.' Books + Publishing
'Aphrodite's Breath is one of those sublime books that both pleases and pursues you with its imagery and thoughts, long after you've put the book down.' Jane Messer, The Conversation.
'An awe-inspiring ability to explore emotional truths.' Daily…
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1 author picked Aphrodite's Breath as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved Aphrodite’s Breath, a memoir because it honestly and intelligently explores the relationship between a mother and an adult daughter. Susan, the author, goes to live on a Greek island for a year with her elderly mother.
She faces the difficult questions of creativity and mortality as she negotiates an underground power struggle with her mother. It is poetic, insightful, and a pleasure to read.
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