by WendyCope (Author)
From a motorway service area to her ambivalent relationship with religion, Wendy Cope covers a wide range of experience in her new collection. Her mordant humour and formal ingenuity are in evidence, even as she remembers the wounds of a damaging childhood; and in poems about love and the inevitable problems of ageing she achieves an intriguing blend of sadness and joy. Two very different sets of commissioned poems round off a remarkable volume, whose opening poem sounds clearly the profound note of compassion which underlies the whole.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 19 Jan 2012
ISBN 10: 0571280625
ISBN 13: 9780571280629
Book Overview: A stunning new edition of Wendy Cope's charming poetry collection, Family Values.