One night a mother and daughter flee the threat of a man who should love them, swapping home for safety and new beginnings. Navigating powerful topics with warmth and honesty. It can be read start to finish as a complete story or dipped in and out of to find poems about life and love, growing up and the challenges it poses. After-words illustrates how hope can be found in the darkest places and the joy that is found in the every day. It is ultimately optimistic and overflowing with love.
You were born with stardust in your soul
and love in your heart
to light up the world
After-words by Charlotte Pearl is a beautifully crafted novel-in-verse/poetry book for readers age 13+. Thoughts and emotions are explored through lyrical language, questions and hope. With space to jot down personal reactions, scribbles and doodles, this is a reflective book. There is scope to read After-words cover to cover, taking a journey through the story, or to dip into different sections and ruminate on each poem. Each reader will approach this book differently and take from it exactly what they need.
Rainbows
Although you feel fragmented,
although the day is grey:
light also leaks through
the cracks in the clouds.
Gather your fragments and
refract each ray into rainbows.
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