The Orange and Other Poems

Description

An uplifting selection of Wendy Cope’s most popular poems, featuring the TikTok sensation “The Orange.”

I love you. I’m glad I exist.

The Orange provides the perfect introduction to Wendy Cope, one of Britain’s wittiest, best-selling and best-loved poets.

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 savor and share with all your friends.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Wendy Cope
Published: 04/09/2024
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571389513
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 0.60″ H x 7.10″ L x 4.40″ W

About the Author
Cope, Wendy: – 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 Letters Michael Braude Award. Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006 was published in 2008.