Let me go
by Anne Claire Poirier

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Let Me Go

By Anne Claire Poirier

Poetry
Essential Poets Series 138
Translated by Nora Alleyn
ISBN 1-55071-208-X
57 Pages
$12 Canada – $10 U.S.A.

Anne Claire Poirier, filmmaker extraordinaire, lost her daughter to heroin.

Yanne, aged 26, was strangled. In this haunting text, Poirier unearths her
daughter’s past in an effort to understand her, and to understand what
pushes young people to risk their lives for the drugs they believe will set
them free. This text was read during the film called Let Me Go (National
Film Board).

“A poetic meditation that goes straight to the profound anxieties of the
human condition” – The Globe and Mail.

“Poetry, social document, spiritual journey . . . a trip to the soul of
sorrow” – The Montreal Gazette.

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