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Synopsis
This fifth collection of poems by a well-established poet is a vivid and compassionate evocation of ordinary domestic life. Unflinching realism about the situation of women gives her work power. Her handling of language, rhythm, and imagery is sophisticated and skilled. In this collection, the poet recalls her childhood, full of voices and stories, and preserves bits of New Zealand's past as well as her own.
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About the Author
Janet Charman is a poet and a former literary fellow/writer in residence at the University of Auckland. She has published poems widely in Australasian journals and in anthologies, and is the author of end of the dry, Rapunzel Rapunzel, red letter, and Cold Snack, which won the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry.
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“Charman writes with directness and a blunt honesty about important events in women’s lives.” —Paola Billborough, Evening Post
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- PublisherAuckland University Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1869402685
- ISBN 13 9781869402686
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages80
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Auckland University Press, 2002
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ISBN 13: 9781869402686
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