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turns poignant, wryly humorous and nostalgic, Ross Thompson?s debut collection
of poems charts a chronological journey through the pre-adventure world of
childhood, the wounds of awkward adolescence and the future promise of adult
life. These threads are woven together and illuminated, as if ?held inside the
hand / of a skilled jeweller?, resonating as they reach towards the sequence
?Grief is Great?, a hesitant lament in the aftershock of loss. Honest and emotive, Threading
The Light is a book about hope, about moving forward without letting
go of the past.