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Informationen zum Autor Siân Hughes is a lone parent who lives in the middle of nowhere with her two young children and works part time as a teacher and in a book shop /cafe. In 2006 she won the Arvon International Poetry Competition with The Send Off, an elegy for her third child. Klappentext SHORTLISTED FOR THE FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION FORWARD POETRY PRIZES 2009 Poetry Bank Choice and Poetry Book Society Recommendation. These poems are clear, direct and emotional. They do not hide behind imagery, but head right for the heart of shame, laying bare the terrors of parenting, loss, regret, and falling in love with the wrong people. Zusammenfassung These poems are clear, direct and emotional. They do not hide behind imagery, but head right for the heart of shame, laying bare the terrors of parenting, loss, regret, and falling in love with the wrong people. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Double at HighburyCatalogueSecret LivesThe Girl UpstairsTaxiThe Greedy ManEasyNoises OffThe Sacking OffenceSleepwalkerSaltpetreFidelityThe StairsShiksehPropagandaResultsYou'reThe Night BusEverybody KnowsCursing the Holy GhostCountry CompilationCartoonDeliveryFloodElectricityAitken DrumMengy BabiesFireworks on Ward 4CDyslexicMy ChildrenBear-Awareness and Self-Defence ClassesThe FightSuperking 6 x 6Xperiment!Sleep TrainingThe Send-OffSweet GhostStorm CloudsHumpty Dumpty (Egg, or Gun)The MissingNativityThe ReturnMagnetic FishI Turn FortyWhat IfYour AdviceDeleteThe Places for CryingBroken SonnetThe TheoriesFalling for Elvis
