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Plum

By: Hollie McNish
Narrated by: Hollie McNish
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Hollie McNish has thrilled and entranced audiences the length and breadth of the UK with her compelling and powerful performances. Plum, her debut for Picador Poetry, is a wise, sometimes rude and piercingly candid account of her memories from childhood to attempted adulthood. This is a book about growing up, about flesh, fruit, friendships, work and play - and the urgent need to find a voice for the poems that will somehow do the whole glorious riot of it justice.

Throughout Plum, McNish allows her recent poems to be interrupted by earlier writing from her younger selves - voices that speak out from the past with disarming and often very funny results. Plum is a celebration, a salute to a life in which we are always growing, stumbling, falling, changing and discovering new selves to add to our own messy store. It will leave the listener in no doubt as to why McNish is considered one of the most important poets of the new generation.

©2017 Hollie McNish (P)2017 Macmillan Digital Audio European Poetry World Literature Funny

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Editor reviews

"She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love. She points out the absurdities we've grown too used to and lets us see the world with fresh eyes." (Kate Tempest)
"Her rhymes have a driving quality, urgent words pinning down fleeting feelings." ( Observer)
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Such a talented writer. This book makes you feel normal and restores your faith in people

Amazing

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I adore Hollie's work so much. She is such an accomplished poet and social commentator. She makes writing such heart-punching poems sound easy, and her work is so very relatable. She encourages me to stay bold and to remember to keep raising my daughters that way.
Read by the author herself, the audio production was fantastic. Wonderfully immersive.

Beautiful in every way

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incredible sad and funny truths made logical and lyrical in a truly addictive way

hilariously funny

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I thoroughly enjoyed this reading! Thank you Hollie for your lifelong honesty, bravery and wisdom.

Simply gorgeous

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Brilliant words and ideas from Hollie McNish. She is impressive. Lots of humour. Lots of insight.

Loved this!

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funny, reletable and witty. Holly is just amazing, her voice is beautiful and it's SUCH an easy listen.

funny, reletable and witty. Holly is just amazing.

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Hollie’s poems are humorous, touching, thought-provoking, accessible and refreshing. Enjoyable to listen to and great to hear her voice with its hint of amusement.

Humorous and touching

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Highly recommended and wonderfully read by Hollie. Her books always make me feel like I am not alone with these feelings. It's funny and honest and captures everyday life.

Highly recommended and wonderfully read by Hollie

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I listen to this over and over again and my three year old daughter is proud of her vulva, thanks Hollie!

A lesson in talking to your daughter

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I’ve never been able to enjoy poetry, until I read Hollie McNish. I especially love listening to her voice, it’s so soothing. Her content is so relatable, and her writing is just exquisite!

Perfect!

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