In 'Nightshade Mother,' Gwyneth Lewis articulates her emotional battle with a possessive mother while utilizing poetry as a liberating tool for exploration and expression.
Lewis’s narrative style accommodates shifts in both time and emotional intensity, recognizing the complexity of blame and psychological erosion in familial relationships.
As she reflects on her father, Gwilym, Lewis presents him as a once-loving figure whose allegiance shifts towards his critical wife, complicating their father-daughter bond.
The memoir reveals how emotional abuse skews personal identity, illustrating the journey of estrangement and the struggle for autonomy within a suffocating familial context.
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