Stranger, Baby by Emily Berry #foliosociety A high-stakes baby shower

A high-stakes baby shower

unexpected solace and the sombre ghost of memories

the accomplished thief

she glimpses a dark and shocking past — and a side of him that reminds her far too much of parts of herself she’d rather forget

Penguin ISBN: 9780241662199Extent: 208 pages

Stranger, Baby by Emily Berry #foliosociety A high-stakes baby showerThe powerful new collection from award winning poet, Emily Berry. Emily Berry's Dear Boy was described as a 'blazing debut', winning the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2013. Stranger, Baby, its follow up, is marked by the same sense of fantasy and play, estrangement and edgy humour for which she has become known. But these poems delve deeper again, in their off kilter and often painful encounter with childhood loss. This is a book of