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'Full of wisdom and joy, a book for a lifetime.' --Carol Ann Duffy
'A remarkable achievement … precise, ingenious and often moving … There is a disarming yet affirmative exuberance about her poems, whatever the subject and wherever she is.' --Alan Brownjohn, Sunday Times
'Shapcott's is a voice that reaches out and grabs. In all her work, she transforms the extraordinary into the immediately plausible ... Whatever her province, her concern remains for the chaotically unaccountable in humanity.' --Mark Wormald, Times Literary Supplement
'[Shapcott] displays a talent both intimate and joyful, humorous and tender ... what comes through most powerfully, though, is her warmth and humanity.' --Daily Telegraph, Editor's Choice
'Shapcott's is a voice that reaches out and grabs. In all her work, she transforms the extraordinary into the immediately plausible ... Whatever her province, her concern remains for the chaotically unaccountable in humanity.' --Mark Wormald, Times Literary Supplement
'Wise, mind-opening collection ... [it] deserves to be as widely read as any bestselling self-help book.' -- Sunday Telegraph
'A deserved winner of the Costa Book Award.' --Sunday Herald
'One of the most rewarding collections from an English poet in recent years. Remarkable for its linguistic wealth ... it is a defiant achievement ... throughout this warm-hearted, at times sensual collection she offers that rare gift to the reader: new ways of seeing.' --Irish Times --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
'A remarkable achievement … precise, ingenious and often moving … There is a disarming yet affirmative exuberance about her poems, whatever the subject and wherever she is.' --Alan Brownjohn, Sunday Times
'Shapcott's is a voice that reaches out and grabs. In all her work, she transforms the extraordinary into the immediately plausible ... Whatever her province, her concern remains for the chaotically unaccountable in humanity.' --Mark Wormald, Times Literary Supplement
'[Shapcott] displays a talent both intimate and joyful, humorous and tender ... what comes through most powerfully, though, is her warmth and humanity.' --Daily Telegraph, Editor's Choice
'Shapcott's is a voice that reaches out and grabs. In all her work, she transforms the extraordinary into the immediately plausible ... Whatever her province, her concern remains for the chaotically unaccountable in humanity.' --Mark Wormald, Times Literary Supplement
'Wise, mind-opening collection ... [it] deserves to be as widely read as any bestselling self-help book.' -- Sunday Telegraph
'A deserved winner of the Costa Book Award.' --Sunday Herald
'One of the most rewarding collections from an English poet in recent years. Remarkable for its linguistic wealth ... it is a defiant achievement ... throughout this warm-hearted, at times sensual collection she offers that rare gift to the reader: new ways of seeing.' --Irish Times --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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The latest stunning collection from award-winning poet Jo Shapcott.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A fine collection of good poems that circle central themes of mortality and the preciousness of life. Shapcott's recent experience of cancer is clearly present, but not in an obtrusive or excluding way - they are relevant to all of us (well, all of us who are mortal, anyway). If I have a criticism, it would be that at times, the 'professional poet' is a little too evident; one or two of the poems read as if she has found a beautiful image or line and then worked a poem around it - rather than always working from the necessity of driven emotion.
Format:Paperback
Strong and precise in its sentiment and message, there are no surprises here but it is a fantastic account of mortality and the neurosis humans feel when faced with it. Worth a read.
Format:Kindle Edition
This is one of those collections like Rhyme and Reason and others that are a joy from start to finish and are full of great lines and enchanting imagery...a real feel good collection.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
left feeling puzzled
Knowing that Jo Shapcott had won the Costa Award, I was looking forward to this poetry book. I was told that Shapcott wrote her poetry whilst dealing with cancer and that also... Read more
Published 4 months ago by S. Seel
Of Mutability
`Of Mutability' opens with a series of what could liberally be described as sonnets (fourteen lines each: an octet followed by a sextet; but no stringent adherence to a prescribed... Read more
Published 9 months ago by TomCat
Good stuff - a review from a non-poetry reader
I'd like to qualify this review by saying I'm not a natural poetry reader. Some of these poems "spoke" to me, and some did not. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Daniel Park
fantastic
When i saw Jo at the national poetry day, the poems in her book came to life and for me it was one of the best readings i had heard because she did not have to force the poems or... Read more
Published 12 months ago by marc
pleasant surprise
Bought this book after the author appeared on BBC breakfast show. I am usually not too impressed by modern poetry, this book however was a pleasant surprise and I would recommend... Read more
Published 15 months ago by clarissa
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