Empty Nest - by Carol Ann Duffy (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A stunning anthology of poems edited by Carol Ann Duffy on that special bond between parent and child through life, featuring some of our most beloved poets.

Review Quotes

"An outstanding anthology in which fathers, mothers and grownup children speak of themselves and, sometimes, to one another. . . . It is the unsafety of the writing about family that is striking, the sense of so much being at stake. At a time when many are struggling with full nest syndrome, this book rehearses a different scene - a dance between closeness and distance." --Guardian

"Poems include mothers writing to their unborn children, and sons writing to their elderly fathers. They lay bare an entire gamut of emotions. In a year where most humans have been deprived of the physical and emotional presence of their families, this book is very poignant. . . . The collection is small and yet immense in its reach. Mention also must be made of Amy Hiley's beautiful linocut design on the jacket which is quite exquisite. . . . The simplicity and lightness in this collection belies its emotional weight. If the reader hasn't hugged a parent in a while, approach with caution as tears are guaranteed." --Wee Review

About the Author

Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has written for both children and adults, and her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. She was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 2009-2019. In 2011 The Bees won the Costa Poetry Award, and in 2012 she won the PEN Pinter Prize. She was made a DBE in the 2015 New Year's Honours list.