The Blues Comes With Good News: The perfect gift for the poetry lover in your life

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Sonny Hall

The Blues Comes With Good News

The perfect gift for the poetry lover in your life

Sonny Hall

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Hodder & Stoughton
05 September 2019

Poetry by individual poets; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Family & relationships

Soul searching poetry for a new generation.

Inspired by Diane di Prima, Rene Ricard, Henry Miller and others 'who tell it like it is', The Blues Comes with Good News is a collection of poems by prolific writer, Sonny Hall. The collection ranges from articulating addiction, self-destruction and identity, to romantic relationships, his journey to recovery and his unapologetic depiction of truth, through life and its happenings.

At 18 years old Sonny entered a treatment centre for alcohol and drug addiction, after losing his biological mother - who he remained close to despite being adopted aged 4 - to a heroin overdose. Three months into his treatment, Hall started writing poems as a way of ordering 'all the madness' in his head. He has since written hundreds of poems, which all portray his newfound intimacy with life, figuring it out as he goes on, never failing to write sincerely about the sting of life, through a rare candour, explicit and seedy within the realms of his own indulgence.

Illustrations by JACK LAVER

By: Sonny Hall
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 243g
ISBN: 9781529383973
ISBN 10: 1529383978
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 05 September 2019
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sonny Hall is a poet and model from London. The Blues Comes With Good News is his first book.