The World's Wife
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SynopsisPoems based on, in the main, the lives of the wives of historical/famous men, or, in the case of The Kray Sisters and Mrs Kong, for example, made-up fantasies of women in the role of male characters - giving a different, female perspective. The funny poems are funny and the dramatic poems are dramatic.
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Paul McGrane's story
I was relatively new to poetry and thoroughly suspicious. However this book is a must-read and a barrier breaker. Duffy is a tremendous story teller and has perfect comic timing. Her poems have a begi...
