Some Other Mother
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:6th Mar '13
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A story of loss and survival that explores the traumatizing impact of the asylum system.
A play exploring language, globalisation, solidarity and class through the struggles of a young African mother trying to care for her child in Glasgow.
'...Like the albatross, we need a safe place we can be. But somewhere we're together, my Mama and my me...'
High up in a Glasgow tower block, ten-year-old Star and her mother await the outcome of their claim for asylum. As Mama’s mind fragments under the pressure of their unknown future, Star constructs a poetic and fantastical world of her own. Some Other Mother is a story of loss and survival, which explores the traumatising impact of the asylum system, regardless of the outcome.
The emotional impact is shattering and beautifully conveyed. * Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman *
Playwright A J Taudevin has created a politically engaged play with sparks of comedy in its fantasy backdrop. * Exeunt Magazine *
Some Other Mother stands out... in Taudevin's interest in the psychological wounds inflicted by the immigration system * Guardian *
No tub-thumping piece of agit-prop. Rather, the piece could be said to embody that evergreen feminist rallying cry, "the personal is political" * The Times *
ISBN: 9781783190201
Dimensions: 208mm x 130mm x 6mm
Weight: 100g
72 pages