When the Time Comes

by Helen Swain

Overview

'Never read a verse novel? Here's a beauty. The world Helen Swain creates rings true from the very first page, as she explores the complexities of a carer's life with brevity, honesty, and wry wit. Helen brilliantly evokes the tensions between an ageing mother and a daughter who wants to care for her When the time comes. This book is an act of profound respect for carers and their hard-won knowledge and experience. You won't want to put it down, even if your tea's getting cold and the dog's whining for a walk.' - Dr Gina Mercer, poet and editor

'Elegiac and devastating, this poetry collection reimagines how we survive and care alongside family loyalties, death and dementia. Helen Swain is a poet of our unfathomable futures who mingles love and legacy with shot rabbits and disposable sheets to offer us an original and searing pastoral requiem.' - Dr Katrina Schlunke, Adjunct Associate Professor, Sydney University 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781761094491
Publisher:	Debbie Lee
Publication date:	12/13/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	217 KB

About the Author

Helen Swain currently lives and works in lutruwita/Tasmania on the foothills of kunanyi/Mt Wellington. Helen grew up in western Victoria, worked as a nurse in northern South Australia, raised her children in Tasmania and when they left home, followed them to NSW and spent ten years in Wollongong before grandchildren and country called her back to Tasmania. Helen has been a performer in Theatre in Education, worked as a secondary English/Drama teacher, worked in Community Theatre and as an English as Another Language teacher. In retirement she has found time to indulge her love of poetry, writing, and performance.