Cara-Julie Kather: there are ginkgo leaves on the window, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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The author writes from a place of love, light and tenderness in dialog with a deceased loved one whose presence accompanies her every day, and is even a collaborator on writing the book. An expression of grief as love, beauty and eternal reciprocal relationship. German feminist theorist Cara-Julie Kather's first book in the English language, there are ginkgo leaves on the window: letters to my deceased grandmother is a gentle and illuminating engagement with grief and ancestor love that can feel transformative. Multi-genre, this book can be read as poetry, letters, memoir. In the words of reviewer-poet Matthew Lippman, ginkgo leaves opens "the heart into a blossom of quiet."