Some narratives pour through you, surprise you. Some re-fill you with all the love alongside all the fear as you experience your re-telling…you and your pen and the page.
Safe Handling (Moon Tide Press, Summer, 2024) is one of those narratives. A terrifying time, a beautiful time, when my oldest son, Zach and I, traveled to Spokane for one of his heart surgeries.
Description: Safe Handling, a collection-length poem, weaves family and heartbreak as Rebecca Evans and her disabled son navigate our challenging medical industry, seeking out-of-state heart surgery. Evans, a single mother to three, must leave her other children behind, wrestling motherhood guilt with mother bear fierceness. Throughout, Safe Handling layers our human longings—to feel safe, to know oneself, to deeply love despite our fear of loss.
As you know, pre-orders help book sales.
And those who pre-order will receive a special little companion zine from me.
The book will be out this summer.
Cover Image: A peaceful moment before surgery, circa May 2013
Rebecca Evans 