Women in Comfortable Shoes

Selima Hill's Women in Comfortable Shoes is her 21st book of poetry, presenting eleven contrasting but well-fitting sequences of short poems relating to women. The book is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 22 June 2023
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Selima Hill's Women in Comfortable Shoes is her 21st book of poetry, presenting eleven contrasting but well-fitting sequences of short poems relating to women. The book follows the lives of various women, including a disobedient young girl sent to a Catholic convent school, a girls' boarding school where the girls make new friends, two close friends heading for a nervous breakdown, a duck, and 29 other women who are, in their various ways, human. The book explores themes of friendship, motherhood, swimming, death, grief, absence, and obsession.

The Chauffeur is a pair of bad-tempered sisters, a parrot, and a cat. Girls without Hamsters is an older woman's obsession with a spider-legged young man. Reduced to a Quivering Jelly is an older woman who doesn't seem to care. Dressed and Sobbing is a woman surprised to find herself getting older and lazier.

The book is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and has received critical acclaim for its poetic language and powerful storytelling. Hill's writing is characterized by her ability to capture the essence of women's experiences and emotions, making her work accessible and relatable to a wide audience.

Overall, Women in Comfortable Shoes is a remarkable collection of poetry that offers a glimpse into the lives of women and the complexities of their relationships. Hill's writing is both powerful and poignant, and her ability to convey emotion through her words is truly impressive.

Weight: 396g
Dimension: 213 x 139 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781780376677