I forgot to be your daughter And became the child of the moon "In her debut collection, Semaan offers an upfront &moving glimpse into the true nature of healing: an imperfect, nonlinear journey"-Amanda Lovlace, bestselling author of t he princess saves herself in this one
An illustrated poetry collection about finding light in the darkness. Set against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War and the author's turbulent family life, Child of the Moon is a powerful reflection on her journey through fear, shame and despair, and the unconditional love that helped her begin to heal from childhood trauma.
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(Andrews McMeel Publishing, 8 January 2019, ebook, 200 pages, ARC from the publisher via NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)
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This is my first time reading the poet. I hope it won't be my last and I look forward to reading more of her work. I love reading and writing poems that are personal, that look inward or use personal experiences to gain insight into external ones. I really don't like poems that deal with nature and trees and sunsets and other such shit. Child of the Moon is chock-full of the kind of poems I adore. I really loved the illustrations. They added depth and detail to the words. The poems are beautiful, intense, tender, emotional and completely relatable. I loved the fact the poems are varied in length, some one or two lines up to two or three pages. The poems in the final section, Flower Moon are the longest and a bit deeper than those gone before. They were my favourites. I really enjoyed Beirut 1988, The Mourning, Shame #1, Wall of Shame, Paris 2017, Sitting With The Child Of The Moon, Leila and Nour and Fuck Changing Yourself.
