Standing female nude (New ed)

The first collection by Carol Ann Duffy, originally published in 1985.This outstanding first collection introduced Carol Ann Duffys impressive gifts and the broad range of her interests and style.

The poems are fresh, skilful, passionate. Since its publication in 1985, Duffy has won every major poetry prize in the United Kingdom and sold over one million copies of her books around the world.

She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009.