The clearing : a memoir of art, family and mental health
Clark, Samantha (Artist)2021
Book
This is the story of Glaswegian artist Samantha Clark, returning to her childhood home following the recent deaths of her parents. Inside, a lifetime of detritus rots beneath crumbling ceilings. As she begins to clear away the rubbish, Sam takes us back to her youth, when the house was living. Her mother, once vibrant and glamourous in Sam's early childhood, becomes a somewhat nightmarish figure as her mental health declines. She arrives home from bouts in hospital, which no one ever seems to explain to the child Sam; her clothes hanging off her, broken, afraid and lost.
Main title:
The clearing : a memoir of art, family and mental health / Samantha Clark.
Author:
Clark, Samantha (Artist), author
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2021.
Collation:
208 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2020.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780349143729 (pbk)
Dewey class:
709.2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
630815