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Mother Love

by Rita Dove · 1995

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In settings as various as a patio in Arizona, the bistros and boulevards of Paris, the sun-drenched pyramids of Mexico—and directly from the Greek myth itself—Rita Dove explores this relationship and the dilemma of letting go.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
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Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 96 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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