Across the Line by Anthony Brough
Forged on the fields of a 1970s council estate and telling a story 55 years in the making, these beautifully crafted poems take you on an unflinching journey. Spanning five decades and crossing three continents, Anthony Brough’s debut collection of poems brings to life, with visceral and tender clarity, his journey from a scruffy working class kid, to inspirational teacher and sharp social observer Reflecting both Mancunian and Liverpudlian working class roots, Across the Line provides stolen glimpses of what it felt like to grow up on an everyday estate, with nature and the post-industrial landscape the setting for the trajectory of a life. With typical Northern lyricism and humour, these poems take you on a journey through the natural world, allow you to bask in the warm glow of developing friendship and occasionally leave you stunned with their brutal honesty. The poems found within Across the Line are a heartfelt exhortation to challenge all that corrals us and instead embrace the adventures that life provides.
Anthony Brough is a retired teacher of History who, having spent three decades using the spoken word to inspire the toughest audiences of all, has written his first collection of finely crafted poems, Across the Line. Anthony Brough was born in his grandparents' front bedroom in Gatley, Cheshire in February 1968, spent the first eighteen months of his life in Singapore before moving to a large council estate in Cheadle, Stockport. He gained a BA Hons degree in American Studies at the University of Birmingham, spending his third year at the University of California at Berkeley. Anthony Brough currently lives in Delph, Oldham, Gt Manchester with his wife Nic and his son, Connor. After a brief stint working for Shell Oils, Anthony Brough qualified as a teacher of History in 1995 and spent the next twenty-eight years working at three large comprehensive schools in Greater Manchester. Anthony Brough is considered by many of his peers and ex-pupils to have been an inspirational teacher, with an uncanny knack for bringing even the driest of historical topics alive.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781914933646 |
| ISBN 10 | 1914933648 |
| Title | Across the Line |
| Author | Anthony Brough |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | i2i Publishing |
| Year published | 2023-05-12 |
| Number of pages | 114 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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