Publisher's Synopsis
In his first book-length collection, Matt Simpson looks back at his upbringing in Bootle, at family tensions in a close-knit Merseyside community with strong seafaring traditions. What emerges from his poems is a deep commitment to human values. With humour and honesty Matt Simpson faces the effects of death and loss - how they strengthen or weaken us, or leave us compromised. Matt Simpson's poetry is moving and distinctive. These poems have been widely published in magazines, and brought together here they form a remarkably unified collection.
