El sol i les seves flors

An exciting and fascinating book of poems, deeply feminine and feminist. The book is structured in five parts (wilting, falling, rooting, growing and flourishing), playing with the idea of rebirth after the fall. Start by exploring the trauma, rape, lovelessness, loneliness and continue with the process of overcoming and learning that lead you to flourish to the fullest. With simplicity and great sensitivity, the author speaks of self-esteem as opposed to self-hatred, of the impossible search for physical beauty when one is complex, of the growth that implies realizing that your home is yourself, a song to self-acceptance in the face of imposed and self-imposed beauty canons. She also reflects on origins and motherhood. She is a Canadian daughter of Indian immigrants, and makes a beautiful reflection and deep appreciation on what it means to be an immigrant mother, the weight of ancestral culture, and unconditional maternal love. A feminist claim of women in all its facets.