Darling envisioned new ways of understanding illness, a patient administered poetic cure
Category: GWL Recommends
Reaching for the Stars
I will always carry on reading now.
The Book Boy
I like this because it reminded me about the time I was looking to get an education years ago.
The World’s Wife
Takes a surprising selection of men from legend, literature and history, rewriting their tales from the wives’ perspectives
My Life
Not the most well-known of poets, but her original, thoughtful and affecting work Life makes you wonder why not.
Gender Trouble
A study of Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.
Wild Geese (Poem)
It has such deep meaning, especially when feeling lost or not part of anything.
Four Small Elegies (poems)
When terrible things are happening in the world, Margaret Atwood’s poetry helps me to face them.
Temeraire
An unashamedly fantastical adventure with a sharp, inventive eye for detail and believeable characterisation.
Persepolis
A vivid portrait of life in Iran at the time of the Islamic Revolution.