Didicoy

<p><strong><em>Didicoy</em></strong> offers a window into the colourful, precarious world of a multiracial Romany family, and focuses on characters at the often-untold margins of society. Blending lyricism with formal experimentation, these poems explore what it is to belong. Clear-eyed and outspoken, <em>Didicoy</em> has something of the impact of a contemporary<i> Cathy Come Home</i>.</p><p><strong><em>The collection is wonderfully peopled, with an unforgettable portrait of a mother and a powerful and important depiction of life in a children’s home. Writing like this, which combines real expressive skill with material which must be expressed, really reminds us what poetry is for.</em></strong> – Jonathan Edwards, winner of the Costa Poetry Award</p>