{"product_id":"mamas-blues-paperback","title":"Mama's Blues - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Degenova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChicago poet Albert DeGenova\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ebrings his formidable strengths as a writer and jazz saxophonist to \u003cem\u003eMama's Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, a chronicle of his mother's losing battle with Alzheimer's disease. The familiar emotions-love, grief, confusion, denial-are here, filtered through the unique DeGenova sensibility that transcends the cliches and cuts right to the heart. For anyone who has loved and lost a parent, particularly one who has suffered through dementia, this collection will bring insight, connection, and perhaps a degree of solace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-P. Hertel\u003c\/strong\u003e, co-editor of \u003cem\u003eAfter Hours: A Journal of Chicago Writing and Art\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems of\u003cem\u003e Mama's Blues\u003c\/em\u003e by Albert DeGenova ache with love, tenderness and remembrance when one's first love's own memory is fading. With direct language and poignant imagery, DeGenova offers up poems as songs to match his mother's hymnal voice. If the blues are indeed passed down from mother to son, then it's a good inheritance, a good inheritance. This book is a gift like a drink of water for a thirsty reader.\u003cstrong\u003e-Jacob Saen\u003c\/strong\u003ez, author of \u003cem\u003eThrowing the Crown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlbert DeGenova's \u003cem\u003eMama's Blues\u003c\/em\u003e is an ever-ripening suite of laments, heartfelt and musical. His poems remind us that mortality, memory, and passing time are sweet tricksters. They flimflam us into believing we see our mothers diminishing, disappearing, yet through these poems we understand a mother's legacy is always latent and forever unplumbed.\u003cstrong\u003e-Kathleen Driskell\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eBlue Etiquette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 34\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.08 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42121658335367,"sku":"9781646629381","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/83bca1c141c34a5340b169ed3c7122a4.webp?v=1732555065","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/mamas-blues-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}