Caleigha Xu

My Mother's Kimono Caleigha Xu

Written in the author's times of stress, this semi-autobiographical collection of free verse poetry offers honest, introspective reflections with universal reverberations. Adolescents and adults alike will resonate with the themes of identity, family, love, and loss. At times both conversational and lyrical, fiction and non-fiction, my mother's kimono pulls the reader into the world of teenage tumult, reminding us all that these traumas do not become invalidated by adulthood - and that these challenges are part of what makes us human.