Book Details
- Paperback
- 80 pages
- ISBN 978-1-905614-18-9
Publisher Cinnamon Press
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Of Ghanaian-British descent Louisa Adjoa Parker explores issues of identity, belonging, family and relationships in raw, honest, but crafted pieces.
"The poems bounce off the page like diamonds – hard, right and lethal. Louisa Adjoa Parker writes like a fire blazes: what a commanding way to write – I envy her! She writes as if she was born to it – brutal and cool; sparks fly. Her world is unignorable. It explodes in your face. She insists you listen. Her language is spot-on. She writes like a dream, but a dream that will not let you go; that’s ruthless and painful and crystal clear: 100% bold, 100% natural. Nothing escapes her, but her heart is a heart of gold. She shares her pain with a lightness of touch that makes it all the more heart-breaking. Poems with nerves of steel."
Selima Hill
"The poetry here takes me backwards to a childhood full of stress, then forwards to the glorious abandonment of oneself to beauty, countryside and nature writ large - it's the beauty of the West Country - the light, the space that puts all those ugly people in their place. Sometimes it's like listening to a sister who understands our West Country world in the round. I'm jealous!"
Joanna Traynor
"Salt-sweat & Tears is an extraordinary collection. These searingly honest autobiographical poems both confront and celebrate the realities of multi-ethnic family life in Britain today."
Steve Martin
"The poems bounce off the page like diamonds – hard, right and lethal. Louisa Adjoa Parker writes like a fire blazes: what a commanding way to write – I envy her! She writes as if she was born to it – brutal and cool; sparks fly. Her world is unignorable. It explodes in your face. She insists you listen. Her language is spot-on. She writes like a dream, but a dream that will not let you go; that’s ruthless and painful and crystal clear: 100% bold, 100% natural. Nothing escapes her, but her heart is a heart of gold. She shares her pain with a lightness of touch that makes it all the more heart-breaking. Poems with nerves of steel."
Selima Hill
"The poetry here takes me backwards to a childhood full of stress, then forwards to the glorious abandonment of oneself to beauty, countryside and nature writ large - it's the beauty of the West Country - the light, the space that puts all those ugly people in their place. Sometimes it's like listening to a sister who understands our West Country world in the round. I'm jealous!"
Joanna Traynor
"Salt-sweat & Tears is an extraordinary collection. These searingly honest autobiographical poems both confront and celebrate the realities of multi-ethnic family life in Britain today."
Steve Martin
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