Journey in Shades

In this first collection of her work, the poet re-visits her country childhood, the loss of innocence, love, heartbreak and death, and reflects with admirable frankness on those universal rites of passage common to us all.I have felt engaged with the work, and responsive to its emotional charge :Professor Carol Rumens GUARDIAN BOOKS ONLINE Poem of the Week blog.She lets detail speak, often exquisitely, through things as they are; there is no attempt to escape through fantasy :Jay Ramsay, Poetry Editor, CARDUCEUS JOURNALLucy Waltons interview with Mary Pargeter reveals the authors inner thoughts: FEMALE FIRST ONLINE magazine