The Oval Portrait and Other Poems Frances Quinn This is a book to

This is a book to be treasured by bird-lovers of all ages

but the community closes ranks

Days are spent in a series of increasingly eccentric pursuits: entertaining an endless carousel of guests (from bohemian painters to elderly princesses to unnervingly handsome nephews)

They're more than happy to oblige

by contrast

The Oval Portrait and Other Poems Frances Quinn This is a book toThis is Kathleen Raine's first book of poems since 'On a Deserted Shore' of which Thomas Blackburn wrote: " this admirable volume will be both a surprise and poignant delight. She speaks with a personal directness she has never before achieved and the result is both memorable and deeply moving."