Wonderful View of the Sea

Silcock Ruth

Ruth Silcock brings deft narrative skill, compassionate humour and a sharp eye for the oddities of human behaviour to these poems about the neglected, the marginalized and the unnoticed. "46 Nursing Homes" is a sequence which draws on her personal experience. It will speak directly and wittily to the heart of anyone who has tried to find appropriate care for an elderly relative or friend. Her book is a triumph of humour and humanity.

About the Author

Ruth Silcock, born in Manchester in 1926, read English at Girton College, Cambridge. She later became a psychiatric social worker, working with both adults and children. She also published several children's books as well as her three collections of poems. A successful radio play, "46 Nursing Homes", was based on a sequence of her poems from "A Wonderful View of the Sea". She lived in Oxfordshire and died in 2014.

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