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After the Rites and Sandwiches

Poems

Kathy Pimlott author Mark Andrew Webber illustrator

Format:Pamphlet

Publisher:The Emma Press

Published:7th Nov '24

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A powerful pamphlet of poems about grief and bereavement following a sudden death.

Centred on a sudden accidental death – its shocking actuality, the aftermath, the admin – Kathy Pimlott’s third pamphlet is an honest, lyrical and nuanced journey through the complexity of bereavement.

As the world around her continues on - moths remain attracted to lights, Christmas comes and goes - Pimlott lives with the irreplaceable absence that follows the loss of a partner. Amid the pain and emotion is a streak of wry humour at the mundanity of settling affairs and a powerfully personal trajectory of moving through grief rather than moving on.

Across poems that take stock of the things people leave behind and the sometimes-painful memories of a long and textured marriage, After the rites and sandwiches tracks the rollercoaster of grief, guilt and regret without losing sight of the enduring salve of love.

ISBN: 9781915628329

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 3mm

Weight: unknown