{"product_id":"9781847470225","title":"Missing Mummy","description":"\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving in the Shadow of an Alcoholic Parent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBy Emma Speigler\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 978 1 84747 022 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 2006\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMissing Mummy looks at alcoholism and the effects it can have on a family. It provides an insight into the complex emotions of a child growing up with an alcoholic parent, whose mother was also an alcoholic. The poetry takes a journey of recovery to end with a message of hope, acceptance and forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma Spiegler has compiled a variety of 30 poems to offer the reader an insight into addiction and its consequences. Having lived with an alcoholic mother for 20 years, she has seen her mother suffer greatly from mental illness, and her mother has now entered the beautiful world of sobriety, stopping the cycle of addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBook Extract\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Untold Memories Of Past Souls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sadness filled stem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly told by its droopiness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeverness in a stream of worries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA broken trust bond time and time again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTears of a bird that only remains in the sky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildren left dying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith only self preservation to survive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShare your warmth with me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust a little or two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouch me you monster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore I internalise you\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnvelope the creatures that so desperately crave for affection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapture the wicked whose heads must be stamped on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath is intolerable even words can't describe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmotions like waterfalls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach trickle access denied\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKilling sprees are destined as are too the embryo's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife is a journey that will never be known\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen your eyes and your secrets will pour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFixing your hairs only closes your pores\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiving hope of the daylight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSafety of the infinite stars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrazing the knuckles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen there are already scars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarving the nations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBleeding them dry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVersace and lip-gloss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is something in my eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuietness is bliss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then company is missed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaughter is a blessing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor there is beauty in pain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove is a gift\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a thousand names\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is a promise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe must keep to ourselves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatience is a virtue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat must be sold on shelves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime is a present\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday is my feast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater is my sanctuary where I defeat the beasts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeoples are searching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpression through nature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCountries are crying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMothers dumped in a dumpster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForgetting an art form and love a true wonder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreed a phenomenon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd guilt a natural disaster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeaven's doors crushed on blindness forever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever finding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOppressing creation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemories are whispers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeard everywhere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePictures are blinkers on what was truly there\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkin is as real as you make it be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHappiness will come when you set yourself free\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisenfranchised my favourite word\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever ending rainbows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis histories repeating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDepression is a theme\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a life-force of its own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSanity is only necessary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the 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