Caroline Smith

"These poems are very moving and its hard to do justice to the way Caroline Smith conveys the anxieties, hopes and disappointments experienced by immigrants. She never allows the reader to forget that behind the refugee statistics there are suffering human beings; very often the victims of a seemingly insensitive and overstretched bureaucracy." Lord Alf Dubs "The detail is magnificent ...there is an implicit tenderness and stoicism inthe lives of these characters which shines through." Angela Platt, Orbis Vividly detailed and emotionally powerful, The Immigration Handbook is as revealing as it is timely. Here we meet with the individuals that the news stories only speak of as numbers. These are lives fraught with violence and tragedy that Caroline Smith has encountered in her work as the asylum caseworker for a London MP. We journey with them through the labyrinthine government bureaucracies they must navigate to survive. With clarity and integrity she lays before us stories of stoic resilience and humorous forbearance, of kindness to others and of joy in the midst of sorrow. These are poems that step out of the headlines and into our hearts.

Es un método de adivinación que te permitirá comprender los ritmos de la Luna, adaptar tu vida a sus fluctuantes cambios y hacer profundas lecturas adivinatorias.La baraja contiene un total de 72 cartas con evocadoras ilustraciones, que incluyen:- 32 cartas referentes a las ocho fases de la Luna en cada uno de los cuatro elementos astrologicos.- 28 cartas correspondientes a las casas lunares.- 12 cartas mas correspondientes a las Diosas de la Luna.El libro ofrece detalladas explicaciones de las cartas junto con las correspondientes interpretaciones, enseña a emplear distintos metodos para realizar lecturas e incluye tablas lunares para determinar la fase exacta de la Luna y el signo astrologico en el que esta se encontrara en cualquier fecha en los proximos dieciseis años.

In Bycatch, a new collection by the Ted Hughes Prize shortlisted-poet Caroline Smith, the poems ask where personhood is when memory and language are gone. They capture the faltering years of a life gradually scraped bare by the deep-sea trawler of dementia yet find amongst the isolation and sadness, moments also of clarity, epiphany and love.Whilst these poems chart deep waters, they remind us also of the enduring and miraculous bond between those who have known each other for a lifetime. With grace and often with humour, Smith unravels the intricate nature of care, the symbiosis of family, and ultimately the sense of self held in the memories and personal histories of her own parents. It is in the swell of the wave, as ageing and loss threaten to engulf even the words, these extraordinary poems remain tender, unforgettable and salt-sharp.

El oráculo de la luna es un método de adivinación muy original y fácil de usar, y también una amena introducción a la astrología lunar con la que podrás comprender los ritmos de la Luna, adaptar tu vida a sus fluctuantes cambios y hacer profundas lecturas adivinatorias. La baraja contiene un total de 72 cartas bellamente ilustradas: 32 de ellas se refieren a las ocho fases de la Luna en cada uno de los 4 elementos astrologicos; 28 describen las casas lunares y 12 estan dedicadas a las Diosas de la Luna. El libro explica e interpreta en detalle cada carta, enseña diferentes metodos de lectura e incluye tablas para determinar la fase exacta y el signo astrologico en el que se encontrara la Luna en los proximos años.