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100			_aAtwood, Margaret
245			_aDearly: poems
260			_bChatto & Windus, _c2020. _aLondon:
300			_a124 p. : ill. ; _bhb, _c23 cm.
520			_aThe collection of a lifetime from the bestselling novelist and poet. By turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in transition, as well as the everyday objects and rituals that embed us in the present. Werewolves, sirens and dreams make their appearance, as do various forms of animal life and fragments of our damaged environment. Before she became one of the world’s most important and loved novelists, Atwood was a poet. Dearly is her first collection in over a decade. It brings together many of her most recognisable and celebrated themes, but distilled – from minutely perfect descriptions of the natural world to startlingly witty encounters with aliens, from pressing political issues to myth and legend. It is a pure Atwood delight and long-term listeners and new fans alike will treasure its insight, empathy and humour.
650			_aCanadian poetry
650			_aFeminist poetry
650			_aLove
650			_aCanadian poetry -women authors
650			_aZombies
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