{"product_id":"stepmother-paperback","title":"Stepmother - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Mort\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Euripides said \"better a serpent than a stepmother.\" For a moment, you like the idea of being a single line, winding around everything you touch. A vine.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBrave, graceful and absolutely vital - Mort shoulders away the old trope of the stepmother and replaces her with a host of humane women\u003c\/b\u003e' SARAH HALL, author of \u003ci\u003eHelm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a new relationship casts poet Helen Mort in the role of stepmother, she embarks on a personal quest for understanding; moving across verse and personal essay, from fairytale to modern blended family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurning a bold and inventive gaze on this neglected dimension of female experience, these are candid dispatches from the shifting terrain of the modern family. As playful as it is moving, \u003ci\u003eSTEPMOTHER\u003c\/i\u003e radiates Mort's signature empathetic warmth, but with the bite of truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMort interleaves ravishing fragments of lyric essay with gothic flights into verse that draw us deep into the woods of \u003ci\u003eupon-a-time\u003c\/i\u003e, and back, changed, into the now. Groundbreaking and transformative, tender and uncompromising, \u003ci\u003eSTEPMOTHER \u003c\/i\u003ehas much to teach us about female power and the fear it still provokes, our openness to change, and the surprising shapes love can take.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I was enchanted by her blend of generous lyric and furious cultural critique. A spell for seeing differently' \u003c\/b\u003eCLARE POLLARD, author of THE MODERN FAIRIES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Mort\u003c\/b\u003e has published three collections of poetry: \u003ci\u003eDivision Street \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), winner of the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, \u003ci\u003eNo Map Could Show Them \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) and \u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). Her poetry has been shortlisted for the Forward, T. S. Eliot and Costa Prizes. She has written a novel, \u003ci\u003eBlack Car Burning\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and a short story collection, \u003ci\u003eExire\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). Her creative non-fiction includes \u003ci\u003eA Line Above The Sky\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), winner of the Boardman Tasker Award, and \u003ci\u003eEthel\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). She is a Professor in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and lives in Sheffield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46891445944517,"sku":"9781784746445","price":36.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/8K2_Od3Eod9781784746445.webp?v=1789041083","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/stepmother-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}