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"A Ghost in my House", Lorna Thorpe's first full-length collection, can be seen as an exploration of identity - of how individuals adopt various personas to mask feeling and to step aside from emotional involvement. The 'ghost' of the title is a 'bad girl' and this book charts her life, birth and death through dance halls, betting shops, bed-sits, broken love affairs and the streets of Brighton. Other ghosts inhabit these poems too - the ghosts of lost loves, of childhood, of music, snatches of which summon the past, and the ghost of the loss of love itself. Assertive, sexy, confrontational, these are poems which pack a punch and which will resonate with the reader for a long time.
Contents
Part Iman on Spetse, Bluebeard's mementoes, Scarlet, Invisible, Wasp, perfectmatch.com, Would like to meet us, There's no such thing as a blank canvas, Splinter, Stage fright, Crush, Hook, Green boucle jacket, Dream lover, The Boxer, Whole lotta love, Chase the lady, Off the hook. Part II: It's a wonderful life, Hard cash, Free school dinners, Positive thinking, Laryngitis, Mother love, Sex education, Non-stop Aston Villa football special, Connoisseuse of kisses, The year of eating dangerously, Top Rank Suite1971, Leaving home, Can't you get it into your thick skull?, Tuning up, Dancing to Motown, Journey, His last night. Part III: After I was done with pleasure, Winter fly, Interior with a Violin Case, Cafe Le Figaro, Elizabeth David making mayonnaise, Personal growth, Martinet, Communion, Waterloo Street August 1999, The fuck-ups club, My body is a temple, Cardiac arrest, Miracle, This old heart of mine, Mirror in the bathroom, Haemorrhage, Bruise, Still life, A ghost in my house.About the author.
