From Bedtime On - Jean Gill

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Résumé :
The second collection of poetry from award-winning author Jean Gill retains the passion and spiky humour for which she is known but has matured into a unique, assured view of our world. Her most lyrical poems reveal a sensuality that lingers in the imagination. 'I would not give my eyes to tune pianos but for one brightened night to read the raised points of your skin with blind man's fingers I might.' Other poems share political insights with timeless, incisive humour. Just like that cheated child, who eats his 'chosen' veg I'm bribed, cajoled, bombasted by each politician's pledge. This greener, better future which they say they offer me, has horizons built of money on the dead dreams of the free. Unless I stand for my beliefs myself, election means that I'm doomed to cast my vote for processed peas or processed beans. Divided into two parts, this new edition includes the stories behind the poetry, some personal and some on the craft of writing poetry; always surprising. 'The humour frequently has the effect of pointing up the stark reality with which she writes. She employs a variety of styles to make the collection even more interesting.' Ted Griffin, Pause Magazine www.jeangill.com

Biographie:
Jean Gill is an award-winning Welsh writer and photographer living in the south of France with two scruffy dogs, a beehive named 'Endeavour', a Nikon D750 and a man. For many years, she taught English and was the first woman to be a secondary headteacher in Wales. She is mother or stepmother to five children so life was hectic. Join Jean's special readers' group at jeangill.com for private news and exclusive offers.

Sommaire:
Je suis une ?crivaine et une photographe galloise. Je vis dans le sud de la France avec un gros chien blanc, un chien noir tout fou, un Nikon D750 et un homme. J'ai enseign? l'anglais au Pays de Galles pendant de nombreuses ann?es et ma grande gloire, c'est d'avoir ?t? la premi?re femme proviseure d'?cole secondaire du comt? de Carmarthenshire. Je suis la m?re et la belle-m?re de cinq enfants... ma vie ne manque pas d'animation ! J'ai publi? toutes sortes de livres, ? la fois par des maisons d'?dition traditionnelles ainsi qu'en auto-?dition. Vous trouverez toutes mes publications sous mon nom : po?sie et romans prim?s, histoire militaire, traduction d'ouvrages sur l'?ducation canine, et m?me un livre de recettes sur le fromage de ch?vre. Mon travail avec l'?ducateur canin de renom Michel Hasbrouck m'a immerg?e dans le monde des chiens ? probl?mes et m'a inspir? ?e roman-ci. N?e en Angleterre de parents ?cossais et r?sidant en France, j'ai la chance d'avoir une ?quipe gagnante ? encourager dans la majeure partie des rencontres sportives....