Ambush at Still Lake

by Caroline Bird

Caroline Bird's new poems show us the ambush of real life that occurs in the stillness after the happy ending. This is a collection about marriage, lesbian parenthood, addiction and recovery in which a recurring dream is playing out: a world where mums impale themselves on pogo-sticks, serial killers rattle around in basements, baby monitors are haunted by someone else's baby and, through it all, love stays and stays like a stationary rollercoaster...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800174128
• ISBN13: 9781800174122
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Carcanet Press
• Length: 84 Pages