May Swim by Katie Donovan Ruth Padel explore topics as widespread as

explore topics as widespread as the class system

and a clarity which does not deny mystery but makes room for it

In other dreamlike experiences

a classic among classics

May Swim by Katie Donovan Ruth Padel explore topics as widespread asBy turns lyrical and sardonic, this new collection from Katie Donovan is characteristically watery candid and uncompromising in its refusal to inhabit the safer reaches of the shore. Themes of loss, widowhood and ageing co exist with observations of her wild garden and its inhabitants, including a mangy fox she helps to survive. Small acts of salvage are often all that is possible in the face of overwhelming odds, such as the permission given during