Love Letters & Children’s Drawings
One of Hull’s most important modern-day poets, Norah Hanson has been delighting readers for decades with her honest, entertaining and inventive writing. Whether reflecting on the past, through derelict landmarks and absent friends, confronting present-day ‘domestic dilemmas’ with wit and good humour, or looking to the future through the eyes (and extraordinary energies) of her grandchildren, Love Letters & Children's Drawings is poetry at its very best – insightful, compelling, and essential.
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“Norah manages - perhaps because this book distils a lifetime of writing – to bring before us the tragedy of the human condition, making it sound beautiful and worth living through.”
– Paul Sutherland
“Intelligent, compassionate and humane ... a treasure trove.”
– Helen Burke
One of Hull’s most important modern-day poets, Norah Hanson has been delighting readers for decades with her honest, entertaining and inventive writing. Whether reflecting on the past, through derelict landmarks and absent friends, confronting present-day ‘domestic dilemmas’ with wit and good humour, or looking to the future through the eyes (and extraordinary energies) of her grandchildren, Love Letters & Children's Drawings is poetry at its very best – insightful, compelling, and essential.
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“Norah manages - perhaps because this book distils a lifetime of writing – to bring before us the tragedy of the human condition, making it sound beautiful and worth living through.”
– Paul Sutherland
“Intelligent, compassionate and humane ... a treasure trove.”
– Helen Burke
One of Hull’s most important modern-day poets, Norah Hanson has been delighting readers for decades with her honest, entertaining and inventive writing. Whether reflecting on the past, through derelict landmarks and absent friends, confronting present-day ‘domestic dilemmas’ with wit and good humour, or looking to the future through the eyes (and extraordinary energies) of her grandchildren, Love Letters & Children's Drawings is poetry at its very best – insightful, compelling, and essential.
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“Norah manages - perhaps because this book distils a lifetime of writing – to bring before us the tragedy of the human condition, making it sound beautiful and worth living through.”
– Paul Sutherland
“Intelligent, compassionate and humane ... a treasure trove.”
– Helen Burke
About the Author
Norah Hanson was born in Hull, 1937, and has been a proud resident ever since. She spent her working life teaching in secondary schools, then turned to writing after her retirement in 1996.
Her poetry has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, featured on BBC Radio 4, and published in numerous magazines and anthologies. She is the author of four collections of poetry, including Under a Holderness Sky (2013), Sparks (2016) and The End of an Era (2023), all published by Valley Press.
Vital Statistics
Imprint: Valley Press
Edition: First (November 2011)
Paperback ISBN: 9780956890467
Catalogue number: VP0018
Page count: 50
Trim size: 203x133mm
