The Unmapped Woman by Abegail Morley David Greenslade shapes the fate of everyone

shapes the fate of everyone in these islands – even those of us who insist that they live elsewhere

Written and filmed across thirteen countries

Winner of Ted Hughes Poetry Award for New Work in Poetry

a book that made me laugh and almost cry

full of rich doubt

The Unmapped Woman by Abegail Morley David Greenslade shapes the fate of everyoneThis deeply moving new collection from Abegail Morley explores the altitudes of trauma, mapping the stark new territory that loss leaves behind, where the landmarks of absence overfill with memories, where the missing loom large, casting their unshifting shadow. Several lives and life changing themes cross paths in this clear sighted and profound book, and Morleys adept and courageous poetry guides us through the wooded shades and raw coastlines,