Book review of "Mothers, Daughters and Untamed Dragons" by Aysan Sev’er. Bradford, Ontario, Canada: Demeter Press, 2012

Harris, Nonie (2013) Book review of "Mothers, Daughters and Untamed Dragons" by Aysan Sev’er. Bradford, Ontario, Canada: Demeter Press, 2012. Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, 4 (2). pp. 190-191.

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[Extract] Mothers, Daughters and Untamed Dragons begins with a death—the "uneventful" death of Anna, the novel's narrator, who leads readers through her life as a child in post-World War ii Turkey to new possibilities in Canada. Anna's is a tale of four generations and six women: of mother-daughter relationships that are fraught with deeply rooted tensions and men who either are "scared off" or doomed to early death. Through Anna's eyes, author Aysan Sev'er skillfully and meticulously unfurls the difficult terrain of mother-daughter relationships. Anna bears witness to human frailty, jealousy, generosity, and love, as well as the painful grief tied deeply to the loss of her own daughter.

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