Drawing Down a Daughter
Spanning a few days and several decades, Drawing Down a Daughter follows a woman-dreamer as she prepared to give birth. Speaking to her unborn daughter through journals, letters, stories, and eloquent imaginings, Harris's unnamed narrator calls up a distinctive cast of characters as she travels from the tropical warmth of the West Indies to Canada with its houses "iced in snow." Drawing Down a Daughter was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award in 1992.
Claire Harris is a Trinidadian-Canadian poet who was based in Calgary, Alberta.
Other publications from this author include:
- She (2000)
- Dipped in Shadow (1996)
- The Conception of Winter (1989)
- Travelling to Find a Remedy (1986)
- Fables from the Women's Quarters (1984)
- Translation into Fiction (1984)