This collection started as a whisper, a quiet mouth asking questions. Over the years it became a coherent voice that kept getting louder. Now it is a song, sprung from a yearning to fill in the missing parts, to understand my mother's story. Perhaps it's something that goes beyond what is experiential and real and moves into the memory of imagination. Perhaps it is a book of magic, of synchronicity and colliding moments in time, too strange to be logical, too concise to be chance. Ultimately, it's a way of shedding in order to change the direction of a past. Sometimes, I think it has been formed by my imagined daughter, clearing the way ahead before her own birth. Or by whole generations of women, celebrating a future, formed from the centre of us.

About the Author
A poet and writer of flash non-fiction, Rebecca Tantony has worked across the globe, from Oakland to Istanbul, on the stages of Womad and Glastonbury Festivals, for the BBC, Radio Four, and featured within The Guardian. She is the author of collections 'Talk You Round Till Dusk,' (Burning Eye, 2015) and `All The Journeys I Never Took,' (Burning Eye, 2017) and has appeared and written for various magazine and publications including Mslexia, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Bare Fiction and Oh Comely. Rebecca received a First Class Honours during her BA in Creative Writing and The Study of Religion, and while studying on her MA in Creative Writing she was awarded a distinction for her final manuscript. Rebecca has recently been teaching the Performance Poetry Module and general Creative Writing to BA students at Bath Spa University. She also leads workshops in schools, for community groups and on retreats, sharing her passion for creativity and self-expression. www.singingmymotherssong.com


Book Information
ISBN 9781911570622
Author Rebecca Tantony
Format Paperback
Page Count 100
Imprint Burning Eye Books
Publisher Burning Eye Books