Publisher's Synopsis
A young mother dies of cancer. Years later her daughter nds letters, the only time she has ever seen her mother's hand, and begins to write in response. Poignant, beautifully controlled and resounding with humanity and exquisite imagery, All the Time in the World is a stand-out pamphlet from Rebecca Gethin, author of two previous poetry collections and two novels.
Snowdrops
My mother speaks the language of snowdrops,
her accent frail and reticent though the words
spear frozen soil and poke from leaf litter.
Her sentences survive all weathers: pounded
and battered by wind and rain, chilled by frost,
they bounce back, irrevocably white.
Their drops of hope arrive in the dark days,
when the cold gives them strength.
What there's no word for, is death.
