The Speculations of Country People by Majella Kelly
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2023
Peepal Tree Press and alliteration are introduced and

and alliteration are introduced and explained in a fun and accessible manner

Robin Robertson and his brother Tim Robertson – whose accompanying images are as unforgettable as cave-paintings – raise strange new forms which speak not only of the potency of our myths and superstitions

was published in New Zealand 1972

both poetic and personal

amid the strings of gorgeous imagery

The Speculations of Country People by Majella Kelly<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2023</b><br> Peepal Tree Press and alliteration are introduced andThe astonishing poetry debut exploring hidden histories, mythical landscapes and self discovery in the face of limits on women's bodily autonomyIn 2017, the presence of a mass grave was confirmed in a disused sewage system in Tuam, County Galway. In it were the bodies of infants wards of the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, where from 1925 to 1961 the children of unmarried women were sent to live their lives in the care of nuns. Their deaths were the