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The Hard Word Box: A Poet's Exploration of Dementia and Ageing
Sarah Hesketh
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Description for The Hard Word Box: A Poet's Exploration of Dementia and Ageing
Paperback. In 2013 poet Sarah Hesketh spent 20 weeks visiting a residential care home for people with dementia. The result is The Hard Word Box, a book of poems and verbatim interviews that takes the reader on a surprising and enriching journey through memory and imagination. Num Pages: 87 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
In 2013 poet Sarah Hesketh spent 20 weeks visiting a residential care home for people with dementia. The result is The Hard Word Box, a book of poems and verbatim interviews that takes the reader on a surprising and enriching journey through memory and imagination. The agility of Hesketh's poetic voice channels moments of tenderness, suffering and humour, revealing dementia as a negotiation with language and silence. The Hard Word Box is an inventive and compassionate meditation on the things that will be lost.
In 2013 poet Sarah Hesketh spent 20 weeks visiting a residential care home for people with dementia. The result is The Hard Word Box, a book of poems and verbatim interviews that takes the reader on a surprising and enriching journey through memory and imagination. The agility of Hesketh's poetic voice channels moments of tenderness, suffering and humour, revealing dementia as a negotiation with language and silence. The Hard Word Box is an inventive and compassionate meditation on the things that will be lost.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penned in the Margins
Condition
New
Number of Pages
87
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908058225
SKU
V9781908058225
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Ref
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About Sarah Hesketh
Sarah Hesketh is a poet and freelance project manager. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from UEA and her work has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies including The White Review, Soundings, Catechism: Poems for Pussy Riot and Binders Full of Women. In 2007 her collaboration with composer Alastair Caplin was performed at the Leeds Lieder Festival. ... Read more
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