
Swell
by Maria Ferguson
Title:
Swell
Author:
Maria Ferguson
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
96 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9781802064353
EAN:
9781802064353
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
212
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 130 x 9
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
‘There is an honesty that is both heart-breaking and more hopeful than anything else I''ve read on this subject. She makes me weep and wonder in equal measure’ Hollie McNishEloquent and uncompromising, Swell explores the triumphs and hardships of the journey to new motherhood – through pregnancy, miscarriage, birth and beyond In the consultation room I stared at the purple flowers in their purple vase and imagined my insides: an ocean, a cave, a storm. Maria Ferguson’s second poetry collection is a raw and powerful documentation of one woman’s experience of becoming a mother. Against a backdrop of the sounds and sensations of daily life, Ferguson observes her body changing and charts a course through loss and wilting house plants, towards recovery, empowerment and renewal.Tender, direct and winningly witty, Swell navigates the complexities of family and domesticity, exploring the contending weight and levity felt in this thrillingly unfamiliar new chapter. Ferguson is a poet as alert to the absurd as to the shattering, and these are large-hearted poems, full of life and thought. Together, they invite the reader to join them in a search for self-acceptance, for freedom from shame, and for a path to stability in increasingly uncertain times.











