The Mother Wound
The Mother Wound
- Author/Seller
- Amani Haydar
- SKU:
- 9781761265037
$23.00
Amani Haydar suffered the unimaginable when she lost her
mother in a brutal act of domestic violence perpetrated by
her father. Five months pregnant at the time, her own
perception of how she wanted to mother (and how she had
been mothered) was shaped by this devastating murder.
After her mother's death, Amani began reassessing
everything she knew of her parents' relationship. They had
been unhappy for so long - should she have known that it
would end like this? A lawyer by profession, she also saw the
holes in the justice system for addressing and combating
emotional abuse and coercive control.
Amani also had to reckon with the weight of familial and
cultural context. Her parents were brought together in an
arranged marriage, her mother thirteen years her father's
junior. Her grandmother was brutally killed in the 2006 war in
Lebanon, adding complex layers of intergenerational trauma.
Writing with grace and beauty, Amani has drawn from this a
story of female resilience and the role of motherhood in the
home and in the world. In The Mother Wound, she uses her
own strength to help other survivors find their voices.
Amani Haydar is an artist, lawyer, mum and advocate for women's health and safety based in Western Sydney. Amani's writing and illustrations have been published in ABC News Online and SBS Life and her self-portrait Insert Headline Here was a finalist in the 2018 Archibald Prize. Amani uses visual art and writing to explore the personal and political dimensions of abuse, loss, identity and resilience.
mother in a brutal act of domestic violence perpetrated by
her father. Five months pregnant at the time, her own
perception of how she wanted to mother (and how she had
been mothered) was shaped by this devastating murder.
After her mother's death, Amani began reassessing
everything she knew of her parents' relationship. They had
been unhappy for so long - should she have known that it
would end like this? A lawyer by profession, she also saw the
holes in the justice system for addressing and combating
emotional abuse and coercive control.
Amani also had to reckon with the weight of familial and
cultural context. Her parents were brought together in an
arranged marriage, her mother thirteen years her father's
junior. Her grandmother was brutally killed in the 2006 war in
Lebanon, adding complex layers of intergenerational trauma.
Writing with grace and beauty, Amani has drawn from this a
story of female resilience and the role of motherhood in the
home and in the world. In The Mother Wound, she uses her
own strength to help other survivors find their voices.
Amani Haydar is an artist, lawyer, mum and advocate for women's health and safety based in Western Sydney. Amani's writing and illustrations have been published in ABC News Online and SBS Life and her self-portrait Insert Headline Here was a finalist in the 2018 Archibald Prize. Amani uses visual art and writing to explore the personal and political dimensions of abuse, loss, identity and resilience.
