Loop Of JadeThere is a Chinese proverb that says: 'It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters.' But geese, like daughters, know the obligation to return home. Sarah Howe was born in Hong Kong to an English father and Chinese mother, and raised in England. In her first collection, she explores this dual heritage, journeying back to Hong Kong in search of her roots. With extraordinary range and power, the poems build into an enthralling meditation on

and to a sun-baked village in Nigeria

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and despair

has lost his wife

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No one has been more surprised than Miranda herself that it's been her wonder dog who has taught her the best life lessons

From the cliffs of west Cornwall via the Caribbean to the post-Noriega Panama

Ellidaey is an isolated island off the coast of Iceland

In our small corner of the universe

'A formidable

When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands

she is reunited with her beloved father