Timothy C. Baker: Reading My Mother Back Chila Burman The ruminations go beyond the

The ruminations go beyond the limit of simple observation and contend with deeper meanings to reveal these individuals as subjects worthy of art

Hamish Hamilton

people of colour

Spiral-bound hardcover

” —Jean Cocteau

Timothy C. Baker: Reading My Mother Back Chila Burman The ruminations go beyond theGoldsmiths Press, 2022, hardcover,168 pages, 13. 3 x 21. 1 cm An innovative memoir connecting ideas of grief, memory, and animals to illustrate the importance of storytelling. When his mother died, Timothy C. Baker discovered that there was almost no record of her existence, and no stories that were his to tell: the only way to bring her back was through reading. Reading My Mother Back is a genre bending memoir that explores a life marked by trauma,