WRITER.

TEACHER. ACTIVIST.

This collection travels through a daughter's childhood memories in Montreal, her mother's homeland of Lebanon, and the dark realities of grief across borders.  Min Hayati uncovers the well of sorrow and the depth of love discovered only through loss. Poetry pays homage to the author's maternal lineage, her mixed ethnicity, and the ways in which "mother" transcends all aspects of life.

Min Hayati  advocates for a radical change in our approach to grief and the (still) taboo subjects of death, dying, and grief. Poems speak in particular to motherless-daughters around the world. Most importantly, the poet's Arab roots sets her apart as a Canadian poet with a different story.

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“This collection of poetry will assist others in their deep dive into the cavern of their unknown—loss, grief, finding yourself, and expressing as a way of making whole.”

—Kim Bater, Executive Director, Kalein Hospice Centre, Nelson, B.C.

 “Min Hayati unfolds with joy and delights that will make you weep. Rayya Liebich is a poet of elegance and grace, sagacity and wit.”

—Susan Andrews Grace, Philosopher at the Skin Edge of Being (Signature Editions)