‘A wonderful gift
for a new mother’

Joy, anxiety, elation: the whole emotional range of having a ababy is acknowledged in this celebration of new parenthood. Poet Jeni Couzyn weaves her own belief and experience into an archetypal story that every mother can recognise.

Claire Weissman Wilks’ tender pencil drawings explore the intimate relationship between a mother and her baby.

‘Jeni Couzyn’s poetry is natural and unique. It has real simplicity, the sort that makes every word electric, without a false note.’ – Ted Hughes

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Printed in an attractive square format on fine art paper, and bound in hardback. 72 pages with 24 pencil drawings. £14.50 ISBN 0953505812

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Poems Copyright © Jeni Couzyn, 1983, 1985, 1999.
Drawings Copyright © Claire Weissman Wilks 1975, 1983, 1999. All rights reserved.
Legal notice: No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise without written permission from the copyright owners and the publisher. Jeni Couzyn and Claire Weissman Wilks have asserted their rights under section 77 of the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988, to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work.