Tango of the Widow

In her first full-length collection of poetry, Tarla Kramer recounts the final days of her husband's life and her long journey of grief as a mother with four young children.

'Tango of the Widow is a poignant depiction of the death of a loved husband, as Tarla Kramer relives the progression of his illness and her grief and sense of loss. She writes with a raw energy, bringing to life the desolation of his departure and the pain of memories, in a charting of the time from diagnosis to her gradual re-emergence in the years after his death. The book is a brave and ultimately hopeful account of the way one copes with tragedy.' - Valerie Volk, author of In Due Season, Marking Time, In Search of Anna

'These poems compel by their matter-of-factness, as they unflinchingly confront the reality of sickness and death. They move us by their precision, restraint and gravity. Those who are grieving or trying to understand their grief-stricken neighbour will benefit from reading this book.' - Aidan Coleman

Author: Tarla Kramer
Publisher: Ginninderra Press
Published: 11/13/2023
Pages: 90
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.19d
ISBN: 9781761096440

About the Author
Kramer, Tarla: - Tarla Kramer grew up in Adelaide and now lives in the Flinders Ranges. Since graduating from Tabor's Creative Writing Program in 2019, she has had poetry published in InDaily, Cordite, Borderlands and Inscribe. Her manuscript Odds & Sods was one of three winning collections published in Friendly Street New Poets 21 in 2020. Her chapbook poems for the non-compliant was published by Ginninderra Press in 2022. Tango of the Widow is her first full-length collection. When not sitting in her writing hut staring out the window, she can be found or staring at screens in her various day jobs, or staring out of the guard's van on the Pichi Richi Railway.

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