Aoife Lyall's debut collection Mother, Nature explores the tragic and tender experiences of pregnancy and early motherhood, from ante-natal complications and the devastating pain of miscarriage to the overwhelming joy of healthy delivery and normal infancy. Born and raised in Dublin, Aoife Lyall now lives in the Scottish Highlands.
Aoife Lyall's second collection follows her widely praised debut Mother, Nature. Her book beautifully captures ordinary moments in life that crystallise in the face of crisis and threat, focusing on the earliest weeks and months of the pandemic, exploring first steps, last breaths, milestones, millstones and the world behind the front door.
America's much celebrated poet-undertaker Thomas Lynch is renowned for his thought-provoking poems on life, faith, doubt and death. This new retrospective shows the passage of his work over time, 'a pilgrimage of sorts through growing old and facing death - subjects that caregivers know all too well.