The Laughter Of Mothers
by Durcan, Paul
PAUL DURCAN was born in Dublin in 1944. His first book, Endsville, has been followed by twenty-two others, including The Berlin Wall Café, Daddy, Daddy (winner of the Whitbread Award for Poetry in 1990), Crazy About Women, A Snail in My Prime: New and Selected Poems, Give Me Your Hand, Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil, The Laughter of Mothers, Life is a Dream: 40 Years Reading Poems 1967-2007, and Praise in Which I Live and Move and Have My Being. He was conferred with a DLitt by Trinity College Dublin in 2009 and by University College Dublin in 2011.
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London: Harvill Secker (2007.) 1st edition. Signed by Durcan on the title page. A poignant tribute by the Irish poet to the memory of his mother, Sheila MacBride. The 65 poems reflect on his mother, family, contemporary life, Ireland, etc. 8vo clothbound hardcover.131 pp. Fine in dust jacket with clear archival cover. Clean and securely bound. Item Price
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Harvill Secker, London, 2007. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Thank you, O golden mother, / For giving me a life," says Paul Durcan in this brilliant new collection, a poignant tribute to "the first woman I ever knew". Sheila MacBride came from a political family - her uncle John MacBride was executed in 1916 for… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Laughter of Mothers by Paul Durcan (Harvill Secker, second printing 2007).
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