Inside the Wave is a deeply moving exploration of family and memory, and a worthy Costa winner
The news that the novelist and poet Helen Dunmore had died after a long illness was announced on 5 June last year. That evening I received an email from her poetry publisher, Neil Astley at Bloodaxe Books, saying that Dunmore had sent him a final poem for publication, written less than two weeks before her death. It was called Hold out your arms and began with the lines “Death, hold out your arms for me / Embrace me / Give me your motherly caress”.
Related: Helen Dunmore wins Costa book of the year for Inside the Wave
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