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When Peter Sellars Came to Tea
by Trisha Broomfield 'This is a collection of charming vignettes. Its starting place is a childhood in the 1960s. The poems are packed full of details that evoke a lost time, from Ponds Cold Cream to Fray Bentos Steak and Kidney Pie. They teem with vivid characters and events. There is humour throughout but also pathos. For beneath the surface of each story lies truths about the human condition that transcends time, thereby making the subject matter relevant to us all. So, we have childhood jaunts, adolescent love and first jobs. Inevitably, the carefreeness of youth gives way to more grown up themes of broken hearts and death. These later poems are written with tenderness and sensitivity, using more inference and abstraction as suits the serious subject matter; again, we are invited to mine beneath the poem for meaning. This makes for a collection that entertains but also provokes thought. It is a delightful, rich and sophisticated anthology.' — Fiona Sinclair Trisha Broomfield’s short collection is drenched in memories in which characters from her childhood and adulthood vividly portray her life experiences in a humorous yet compelling way. She engages the reader in a journey that chronologically traces family events and occasional encounters, highlighting their contingency but also their importance in shaping her personality and in making her aware of the world around her...
— Carla Scarano reviewing online at WriteOutLoud.net |
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ISBN: 978-1-907435-67-6
2018 Perfect-bound paperback 49 pages 148mm wide x 210mm RRP £6.00 THIS PAYPAL BUTTON IS FOR UK ORDERS ONLY We regret that if an overseas order is sent to us, we can
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Husbands for Breakfast
by Trisha Broomfield "This is a collection of poems whose narratives reach far beyond each snapshot. The tales are set in the 50’s and 70’s and celebrate strong, unconventional women who enjoy, amongst other events, a weekly dalliance with the local bobby, cat fights in a car park over some bloke, or serially sleeping with husbands who don’t belong to them! ... Nothing changes in the free love 1970’s, where first romantic fumblings lead to marriage then betrayal and hurt. ...Such vibrant women, many of whom ultimately learn to dance in a red dress or turn cartwheels in celebration of their new-found independence."
Fiona Sinclair
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Trisha Broomfield lived in Australia as a child and now lives with her husband in Surrey.
She writes poetry, short stories and unfinished crime novels. Her early influences include Thomas Hardy, Ted Hughes and the Liverpool Poets. Some of her poems have been published in the Welsh Literary magazine Roundyhouse. . |
