![]() ![]() Unforgettably poignant coming-of-age stories, hopeful tales of youth resistance. I especially enjoyed The Hopeful Hat, Sea Change, Requiem for a Death Foretold and April. Browse Marissa Meyers best-selling audiobooks and newest titles. The poems are well written, and I enjoyed the prose style and imagery. I liked the different styles of poems in the collection and the range of subject matter. THE HOPEFUL 23 February 2023, e-book, 64 pages, #ARC from the publisher via edelweiss_squad) ![]() Much too big for her, is blowing a bright descant ![]() The sequencing of the poems, and the sections they are grouped in, had already been decided by her.Īt the bus stop, a dishevelled woman in drab clothing Marissa Meyer Love on the Brain Ali Hazelwood Book Lovers Emily Henry. They are also graced with Satyamurti’s unique and subtle wit.Ĭarole Satyamurti was preparing these poems for publication at the time of her death and left the manuscript in an advanced state of readiness. A really good book Hopeful, Characters youd be emotionally attached to Condition. Clear-eyed in the face of her own mortality, she produced a series of courageous poems that are, as Carol Ann Duffy said of her work, ‘laced with the hard stuff’. Poignantly, these late poems are also Satyamurti’s nuanced poetic response to having her voice box removed following a diagnosis of laryngeal cancer. The Hopeful Hat is a posthumous collection from a poet whose work is informed by her keen eye for social injustice and, equally, by the breadth of her compassion. ![]()
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