An austere landscape creatively painted with poetry that brings "truth to the bone" of living live in inner city Manchester today. It describes how a community still survives now it has become prime land for the universities and developers as the cranes of corporate Manchester loom ever closer. It's a snapshot of a time and place from a resident who is striving to capture Hulme's soul that shaped her life and captured her heart.
Beautiful poetry from a woman who's seen first hand the struggles of the lower working class. There are some poems in this book that will have you on the edge of tears and some that will have you howling with laughter. It's an unmissable read that I'm always going to keep in my collection.