Biographies Etc. (Paperback)

Ruth Silcock

ISBN 10: 0856463833 / ISBN 13: 9780856463839

Published by Carcanet Press Ltd, Manchester, 2006

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Paperback. Ruth Silcock's third collection continues in cheerful vein about often less than cheerful subjects. She has the knack of combining jaunty traditional forms with sometimes startling or even grim subject matter. Her poems focus on the lives of ordinary people - children, vicars, orphans, nurses, grannies, social workers at a dance, old people in residential homes - and she treats their stories with compassion and humour. A collection of poems that focus on the lives of ordinary people - children, vicars, orphans, nurses, grannies, social workers at a dance, and old people in residential homes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biographies Etc. (Paperback)
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd, Manchester
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0856463833
• ISBN 13: 9780856463839
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Ruth Silcock's third collection continues in cheerful vein about often less than cheerful subjects. She has the knack of combining jaunty traditional forms with sometimes startling or even grim subject matter. Her poems focus on the lives of ordinary people - children, vicars, orphans, nurses, grannies, social workers at a dance, old people in residential homes - and she treats their stories with compassion and humour.

 

Born in Manchester in 1926, Ruth Silcock read English at Girton College, Cambridge, and later became a psychiatric social worker, working with both adults and children. She has published several children's books. Her previous collections of poems `Mrs. Carmichael' (1987) and `A Wonderful View of the Sea' (1996) were also published by Anvil. A successful radio play, `46 Nursing Homes', was based on a sequence of her poems.

 

About the Author

Born in Manchester in 1926, Ruth Silcock read English at Girton College, Cambridge, and later became a social worker. She lives in Oxfordshire and has published several children's books. Anvil also published her previous collections, "Mrs. Carmichael" (1987) and "A Wonderful View of the Sea" (1996). A successful play, "46 Nursing Homes," was based on a sequence of her poems.