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Wendy Cope
The Orange provides the perfect introduction to Wendy Cope, one of Britain’s wittiest, best-selling and best-loved poets.
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Format
Hardback
ISBN
9780571389513
Date Published
09.11.2023
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Summary
My heart has made its mind up
And I’m afraid it’s you.
A glorious selection of Wendy Cope’s most beloved poems.
In poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Cope offers reflections on love and life. From the joy of falling – and being – in love to ways to help you deal with a painful break-up or the memories of people loved and lost, this is a book you will want to savour and share with all your friends.
‘Wendy Cope’s readership, numerous and adoring, is the envy of most poets. Cope’s real strength lies not in charm or insight (she has buckets of both) but in the pitch perfect exactitude of her writing.’Sunday Times
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To celebrate the publication of The Orange and other poems by Wendy Cope we have created this accompanying enamel pin badge, using artwork from Faber Art Director Pete Adlington’s bold cover design. This badge is available exclusively from Faber.
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Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary-school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986 and her most recent, Anecdotal Evidence, in 2018. In 1987 she received a Cholmondeley Award for poetry and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and…
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