Real life & fiction meet as Angelica Garnett vividly evokes what it is to grow up in the shadow of artists. Her family appear in different guises in the stories, but at the centre of each one is Garnett herself. She is naà ve & foolish as Bettina, desperately seeking acceptance into the grown-ups circle ( ...

From Sharon Olds: a dazzling new collection of poems that project a fresh spirit, a startling energy of language & rhythm, & a moving, elegiac tone shot through with humour. From poems that erupt out of the traumas of childhood & the painful disconnections between mother & daughter to the nurturing of the poet's own offspring & the transformative power of marital love, Sharon Olds takes risks, writing boldly of physical & emotional sensations seldom confronted in poetry.

These are poems that strike for the heart, drawing us into her experiences, capturing our imaginations with unexpected word play, sprung rhythms & startling revelations. Writing at the peak of her powers, this greatly admired poet gives us one of her finest collections.

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From Sharon Olds: a dazzling new collection of poems that project a fresh spirit, a startling energy of language & rhythm, & a moving, elegiac tone shot through with humour. From poems that erupt out of the traumas of childhood & the painful disconnections between mother & daughter to the nurturing of the poet's own offspring & the transformative power of marital love, Sharon Olds takes risks, writing boldly of physical & emotional sensations seldom confronted in poetry.

These are poems that strike for the heart, drawing us into her experiences, capturing our imaginations with unexpected word play, sprung rhythms & startling revelations. Writing at the peak of her powers, this greatly admired poet gives us one of her finest collections.

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It was 8.46 a.m. on 9/11 when Elia Zedeño, who had worked in the World Trade Center for twenty-one years, heard a booming explosion & felt the building lurch violently to the south. She grabbed her desk, taking her feet off the floor, & screamed, ...

It was 8.46 a.m. on 9/11 when Elia Zedeño, who had worked in the World Trade Center for twenty-one years, heard a booming explosion & felt the building lurch violently to the south. She grabbed her desk, taking her feet off the floor, & screamed, ...