The Orange and Other Poems

Description

An uplifting selection of Wendy Cope's most popular poems, featuring the TikTok sensation "The Orange."

I love you. I'm glad I exist.

The Orange provides the perfect introduction to Wendy Cope, one of Britain's wittiest, best-selling and best-loved poets.

In poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Cope offers reflections on love and life. From the joy of falling - and being - in love to ways to help you deal with a painful break-up or the memories of people loved and lost, this is a book you will want to savor and share with all your friends.

Product Details

Price

$14.00 $13.02

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Publish Date

April 09, 2024

Pages

Dimensions

4.4 X 7.1 X 0.5 inches | 0.3 pounds

Language

English

Type

Hardcover

EAN/UPC

9780571389513

BISAC Categories:

Women Authors

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About the Author

Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary-school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986 and her most recent, Anecdotal Evidence, in 2018. In 1987 she received a Cholmondeley Award for poetry and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and Letters Michael Braude Award. Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006 was published in 2008.

Reviews

"Wendy Cope's readership, numerous and adoring, is the envy of most poets. Cope's real strength lies not in charm or insight (she has buckets of both) but in the pitch perfect exactitude of her writing." - Sunday Times

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