1. 'Boom' by Carolyn Jess-Cooke is the title poem of this new collection from Seren Books that focuses on motherhood: the baby arrives in the family 'like a hand grenade' and nothing is quite the same again.
Intelligent and humorous, this debut collection showcases multi-faceted and often paradoxical poetry from a talented female writer. Touching upon various topics—from the versatility of language and modern cable TV shows to the difficulties of childhood and the power of maternal love—this compilation brilliantly utilizes satire and metaphor to evoke both laughter and heartbreak. Fans of poetry and women writers will enjoy discovering this striking new voice.
After her death, a woman is sent back to life as her own guardian angel in this lyrical first novel that examines questions of fate, free will, regret, and hope. Returned to earth as her own guardian angel, Margot Delacroix, now named Ruth, watches herself, through her own birth, a troubled childhood, her first love, her son's birth, and, ultimately, her own untimely death. As she passes through this second chance at life, she must re-experience and record her biggest mistakes and her deepest regrets. As she relives her life, Ruth tries to change it and, in the end, prevent her own death. Ruth also tries to prevent Margot from ever falling in love with her husband Toby -- and eventually falls back in love with him herself. A love story that proves that love is stronger than death, The Guardian Angel's Journal is a rich, lyrical novel that examines the questions of fate, free will, faith, and hope. This story asks readers to consider what they would change about the life they've already lived.
Don't miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author . . . 'Fascinating and enthralling' Prima 'Wonderfully atmospheric and compelling' Rosamund Lupton 'A flawless read' Elizabeth Lee 'Seething with gothic menace' Caroline Lea 'This ghost story is a perfect mix of propulsive plot and shivers-up-the-spine spookiness' Good Housekeeping A deserted lighthouse Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island stands a lighthouse. Strange and terrible events have happened here. It started with a witch hunt. Now, centuries later, islanders are vanishing. A lost family Liv Stay and her children don't believe in witches or curses. But within months of arriving on the island, her daughter Luna is the only one of them left. An impossible child Twenty years later, Luna's missing sister turns up out of the blue. She is exactly the girl Luna remembers. Same face. Same smile. Same age. Faced with the impossible, it's up to Luna to find out what really happened at the lighthouse all those years ago.
An innovative and richly imaginative new novel from the internationally acclaimed Carolyn Jess-Cooke, for anyone who loved The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Room.
She thought her life was over, but it hadn't even started . . . When Margot Delacroix dies at forty-two years old, she is sent back to earth as a guardian angel - to herself. Renamed Ruth, she is forced by divine mandate to re-experience and record her biggest mistakes and fiercest regrets from the beginning of her life to her untimely death. Forced from the moment of her birth to witness the cogs of fate and the stuttering engine of free will, Ruth sets out to change the course of her life, and, ultimately, to prevent her premature death. When she realises that the reasons behind her teenage son's descent into drugs and murder lay within her own actions as Margot, she makes a pact with a demon - she will give up her place in Heaven in exchange for the opportunity to save her son from his fate. But the changes she makes result in consequences no one could expect...
'Thought-provoking essays, interviews and poetry by high-profile writers detail experiences of creating art while engaging in the compelling, exhausting, exhilaratng work of motherhood' --backcover.
We Have To Leave The Earth, Carolyn Jess-Cooke's third book of poems, deftly interweaves the personal and the political. Climate change is confronted in a portrait of the Arctic with its 'wolf winters'. The House of Rest, is a history in 9 poems of Josephine Butler, (1828-1906) a pioneering feminist activist. There are also tender poems about family.
This updated second edition provides support, guidance and new ideas for student and practising teachers wanting to develop their music teaching practice. Accompanying the textbook ‘Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School’, it explores a range of current issues, developments and opportunities within music education.
Als Margot Delacroix mit 42 Jahren eines gewaltsamen Todes stirbt, schickt man sie zurück auf die Erde: Als ihr eigener Schutzengel soll sie ihr Leben erneut durchlaufen. Margot setzt alles daran, die ihr vorgezeichneten Schicksalsschläge ungeschehen zu machen: Um ihrem Sohn das dramatische Los zu ersparen und die Trennung von dem Mann, den sie liebt, zu verhindern, schließt sie einen Pakt mit einem Dämon. Doch ihr Entschluss beeinflusst den Fortgang der Dinge auf gänzlich andere Weise, als sie ahnen kann.
