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Synopsis:

From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a powerful new collection of poems exploring issues of identity, difference, perseverance, relationships, fear, loss and joy. The collection is arranged as life is: from youth to school, to home life, falling in love and falling straight back out again. The poems draw on the author’s experience as a young mixed-race young woman trying to make sense of a lonely and complicated world. With a strong narrative voice and emotional empathy, this is poetry that will resonate with all young people, whatever their background, and whatever their dreams. As she says, she hopes the poems will help readers “grow through what they go through”

Review:

This collection of poetry was raw, direct and thought provoking. I generally forget about the power words have until you read a beautiful collection of poetry.

What adds depth to this collection that it is broken up into categories: The Process. Grow. Wait. Break. Grow Again. These categories contain poems that suit the title category perfectly and whilst most of the poems themselves are short, there is a lot of meaning and hard-hitting words/facts about them.

It is definitely something that you want to pick up and read. I would encourage anyone of any race/ religion and sex to read this because anything that provokes thoughts and makes you think outside the box that you know and believe is well worth the read

Rating: 4/5

Publisher: Walker Books

ISBN: 9781406388534