Foretokens by Sarah Howe #joyce Middle Eastern

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Foretokens by Sarah Howe #joyce Middle EasternUnearthed in a clear out, a picture calendar shes kept hoarding, Ive learnt, is a mark of the emigrant across continents and time. So begins Sarah Howes extraordinary new collection, returning to the riddle of belonging she explored in her award winning debut, Loop of Jade. At the heart is her own mothers clouded past: abandoned as a baby and taken in, at the turbulent dawn of Communist China, by a woman with her own hidden motives. Now a mother