The Zen of La Llorona

About this book

How does a damaged child grow up to be a loving strong adult woman? These poems explore survivorship tracing an American Indian womans life from conception to mid-life. Along the way such themes as domestic violence abandonment racism rape addiction marriage motherhood and falling in love with another Indian woman are addressed in lyric poetry. These poems teach us how to survive destruction without becoming destroyers ourselves; how the elements of earth love community and work nurture creation and manifest hope.