Publisher's Synopsis
This is a collection of poems in the 'voices' of female characters from fiction who appear and take part in the narratives of poems and stories but whose fate is left unexplored or unresolved. The characters range from a giantess in Norse mythology to Penelope in the Iliad, to Piggy's Auntie and other modern fictional characters. Beautifully crafted poems, by turns sardonic, angry, resigned, tender, and humourous.