Vintage Publishing Minx

‘Like amber, these poems capture moments of time, place and feeling' Lemn Sissay, author of My Name is Why'An assured debut . . . It's not just the Dickensian narrative that's gripping , but the way it brings different forms to bear on its material' Guardian'Don’t worry, I’m here in the house where every room has a name, but children’s names are often forgotten.'Uplifting and heart-breaking, this lyrical evocation of an Anglo-Romani childhood marks the arrival of a vital new voice. MINX reveals the vibrant but precarious world of a multi-racial Romani family: a world of grandfathers brewing moonshine in marrows, basement reggae parties, and a mother struggling to support her two daughters on the proceeds of her shadowy profession.Their powerful bond helps the sisters survive when they’re taken into care, in a children’s home that forcibly separates them. With a verve and playfulness that belies their pain, these poems explore what it means to belong.Through daring experiments with form and narrative, MINX captures how it feels to grow up between a culture whose traditional ways are being lost and a wider society that despises them. 'Moving, magical, mesmerising, these poems stay with you long after the pages are closed’ Jackie Kay, author of Fiere