Girl by Ruth Padel
Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Special Commendation Pablo Neruda boar is paradoxical

boar is paradoxical

She writes to find out who she is and in doing so helps us discover who we are

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PRAISE for Unspecified Spaces:

The poems in this short selection are full of longing

Girl by Ruth Padel<br><b>Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Special Commendation</b> Pablo Neruda boar is paradoxicalA fresh and questioning look at girlhood and its icons, unravelling the millennia of myth woven around girls. 'A sensual exploration of two female archetypes' Guardian 'One of our most gifted poets This is tender and exquisite poetry' Mona Arshi, author of Small Hands In Girl, Ruth Padel presents a triptych of interlocking sequences. A moving retelling of the Christian story transforms the Virgin Mary into a girl in a Primark T shirt, facing a life