Empty Nest - Poems for Families

A stunning anthology of poems edited by Carol Ann Duffy on that special bond between parent and child through life, featuring some of our most beloved poets.

About the author

Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. She was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom for a decade from 2009 to 2019. Her many collections include Mean Time, Love Poems and The Bees, which won the Costa Poetry Award. Her writing for children includes Queen Munch and Queen Nibble, The Skipping-Rope Snake and The Tear Thief. She was made a DBE in the 2015 New Year Honours list. In 2021, she was awarded the international lifetime achievement award the Golden Wreath for her achievements in poetry.

Summary

A stunning anthology of poems edited by Carol Ann Duffy on that special bond between parent and child through life, featuring some of our most beloved poets.

Foreword

A stunning anthology of poems edited by Carol Ann Duffy on that special bond between parent and child through life, featuring some of our most beloved poets.

Additional text

Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time

Product details

• Authors: Carol Ann Duffy, Duffy Carol Ann
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781529028690
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-2869-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / Women Authors, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Parent & Adult Child, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Family, Intergenerational Relationships, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues