Coracle
A philosophical, political and personal reflection on Alzheimer’s and care.
Available from September in all good bookshops, directly from the publisher, Live Canon, and through your local library.
https://www.livecanon.co.uk/store/product/coracle-jane-thomas
Or order a copy from me — £10 including postage & packing.
I'd be very happy to sign and dedicate your copy if you'd like, and every copy ordered directly from me comes with a small packet of forget-me-not seeds.
Also do say hello if you are interested in running creative health workshops with the poems, I have a workshop outline that I have used that I'm very happy to share.
Thanks for being part of the voyage.
Here is the title poem https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/my-father-in-his-coracle/
And some early reviews: Helen Mort: 'This is a collection we urgently need, examining the politics of care with nuance and generosity. Jane's work is certain to touch (and change) the lives of many.'
Caroline Bird: ‘How do you find a poetic form for Alzheimer’s? Jane Thomas takes on this challenge with all of the seriousness, playfulness and mental elasticity required to care for a loved one. Like the brain itself, her poetic forms melt and shift; words slip away or bubble to the surface, images disintegrate yet find new meaning within that dissolution, and beauty is salvaged from the fragments. A work of huge invention and heart.’
"Such an impressively sustained study... empathetic, straight in the eye, unsentimental but very moving." Will Harris