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21%OFFHannah Lowe - Chick - 9781852249601 - V9781852249601
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Chick

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Description for Chick Paperback. Hannah Lowe's first book of poems takes you on a journey round her father, a Chinese-black Jamaican migrant who disappeared at night to play cards or dice in London's old East End to support his family, an unstable and dangerous existence that took its toll on his physical and mental health. 'Chick' was his gambling nickname. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122. 64 pages. Hannah Lowe's first book of poems takes you on a journey round her father, a Chinese-black Jamaican migrant who disappeared at night to play cards or dice in London's old East End to support his family, an unstable and dangerous existence that took its toll on his physical and mental health. 'Chick' was his gambling nickname. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight: 122.
Hannah Lowe's first book of poems takes you on a journey round her father, a Chinese-black Jamaican migrant who disappeared at night to play cards or dice in London's old East End to support his family, an unstable and dangerous existence that took its toll on his physical and mental health. 'Chick' was his gambling nickname. A shadowy figure in her childhood, Chick was only half known to her until she entered the night world of the old man as a young woman. The name is the key to poems concerned with Chick's death, the secret history of his life ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852249601
SKU
V9781852249601
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-39

About Hannah Lowe
Hannah Lowe was born in Ilford to an English mother and Jamaican-Chinese father. She has lived in London, Brighton and Santa Cruz, California. She studied American Literature at the University of Sussex and has a Masters degree in Refugee Studies. She has worked as a teacher of literature and creative writing, recently completed her work on a PhD, and is ... Read more

Reviews for Chick
'Chick opens with a powerful sequence of poems centred around the poet's memories of her Chinese/black Jamaican father - a complex, larger than life character who came to London in the late 40s and eked out a living as, among other things, a gambler. But the book is very much more than a personal reminiscence and family history. This is ... Read more

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