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See more'Scar revision' surgically minimizing the effects of scars is the powerful central image of Tracy Ryan's highly accomplished new collection of poetry. Both formally adventurous and movingly personal, these poems offer vivid accounts of how we survive and 'rewrite' literal and symbolic scars, and of regeneration through the risks of family.
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Scar Revision - surgically minimising the effects of scars - is the powerful central image of Tracy Ryan's highly accomplished new collection. Both formally adventurous and movingly personal, these poems offer vivid accounts of how we survive and 'rewrite' literal and symbolic scars, and of regeneration through the risks of family.
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ISBN: 9781921361067
Publisher: Fremantle Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 January 2008
Country: Australia
Imprint: Fremantle Publishing
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 7.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 97g
Pages: 96
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