Soul Healing Afoot/Dead Dad Bye
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The fourth book of Brisbane poet Paul Dobbyn - actually two books in one - draws from a deep well of life experience and careers ranging from high school teaching to journalism to selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door.
In the words of reviewer Liz Hall-Downs "these are deeply felt, considered, highly-crafted poems about the challenges of middle age, about weathering divorce and rebuilding a life from its ashes, and about facing the death of an elderly parent - but they are not devoid of humour and, often, clever word play".
The often close-to-the-bone poems are complemented by the starkly beautiful linocuts of graphic design artist Gemma O'Brien.
Price: $22.00 (inc GST)
