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Some Other Mother
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Description
'...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
Published | 05 Jun 2013 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 64 |
ISBN | 9781783195190 |
Imprint | Oberon Books |
Series | Oberon Modern Plays |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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The emotional impact is shattering and beautifully conveyed.
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
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Playwright A J Taudevin has created a politically engaged play with sparks of comedy in its fantasy backdrop.
Exeunt Magazine
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Some Other Mother stands out... in Taudevin's interest in the psychological wounds inflicted by the immigration system
Guardian
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No tub-thumping piece of agit-prop. Rather, the piece could be said to embody that evergreen feminist rallying cry, "the personal is political"
The Times