When God Has Been Called Away to Greater Things by Grace Wells

When God Has Been Called Away to Greater Things by Grace Wells

Grace Wells' When God Has Been Called Away to Greater Things is that rare thing, a debut collection of poems that is at once firmly earthed in the real yet intimately connected to the mythic. In poems of lyrical beauty and imaginative reach, Wells explores the complex world of familial relationships, from childhood exploits in the company of an older sister (I leant upon the wisdom of her age), through the difficulties and self-doubt of failed relationships (What's left, when the father of your children / has throw a basket at you, hard, / upturned the kitchen table, / breaking all the china you possess?) to the refuge of supportive love and those moments when, even as the new life is being lived (I see love travels faster than light), those earlier ones are returned to and reclaimed or finally discarded to make room for something else. Strength in times of hardship is found in the example of other women, in the community of artists and writers; and, despite the loneliness with which the title poem begins (your heart a rusted camp bed, prized open) with the morning, and abandonment, comes nevertheless the consolation of an imprint, which lingers-a suggestion of the power of faith and determination, no doubt, but also of the power of poetry to reveal the world. Grace Wells was born in London in 1968. Formerly an independent television producer, she moved to Ireland in 1991. Her first book, Gyrfalcon (2002), a novel for children, won the Eilis Dillon Best Newcomer Bisto Award, and was an International White Ravens' Choice. Other publications for children include Ice-Dreams (2008) and One World, Our World (2009). Her short stories and poetry have been published widely and broadcast. She reviews Irish poetry for Contrary, the University of Chicago's online literary journal, is a freelance arts administrator, and teaches creative writing.

Wells, Grace: - Grace Wells is a writer and poet. Born in 1968, she grew up in central London. On leaving school, she began working in the film and television industry, ultimately becoming a freelance producer. Fuelled by her lifelong desire to write, and through a roundabout path, she came to Ireland in 1991. She now lives in Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary with her two children.

Grace began working with people with special needs facilitating biography and poetry workshops. She has since become Literature Officer with South Tipperary Art Centre based in Clonmel. Gyrfalcon is her first novel.

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ISBN 13	9781906614324
ISBN 10	1906614326
Title	When God Has Been Called Away to Greater Things
Author	Grace Wells
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dedalus Press
Year published	2010-05-12
Number of pages	92
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