Böcker av Liz Barnes

"Clever and beautifully crafted, this anthology is a little like love. If you are agitated it can calm you; if defeated, stir you; if dull, amuse you. Refreshing as a river in summer: warming as a fire in winter. As versatile as tea, it can be whatever you need it to be." Anne Atkins, novelist, writer and broadcaster; author of An Elegant Solution.This is Liz Barnes' second anthology. She is very proud to have doubled her ambition of having a book published. Liz is>'It defines me far more than social work or Parkinson's ever did or will, ' she says. 'Without art or writing, I would be lost.' As she leaves to go and find herself in another poem! "We all breathe, just some of us more deeply than others.We all feel, some of us just more deeply than others.This collection is all about feelings. The feelings towards those things which matter most in life.>"I hope you enjoy these 71 poems and I hope you experience a range of emotions as you read them.I hope they make you feel.I hope they make you breathe.Just not too deeply...."

Liz Barnes' first book begins with what may seem an unnecessary confession. It is, she says, 'all about me'. From the first word, the reader might suspect, it is perhaps revealing more about herself than she is conscious of letting go. Over two decades, Barnes takes us unsparingly through a search for love from childhood to adulthood; from 'The Perspective of a Cow that Lives on a Slope' to illness and bereavement and finally - and happily = brings us to 'The Night that Led to Forever'. 'A Little Bit of Pain and a Whole Lot of Love' is a brave and idiosyncratic book from a new and slightly startling writer....'Brian Clarke, prize-winning author of The Stream. Liz Barnes has written for as long as she can remember. She has now produced hundreds of poems, children's stories, adult short stories, and a novel. It was since taking Parkinson's medication that her writing has become prolific and, she, slightly obsessive. When Liz is not writing she is being a social worker, painting or making things from wire. Her twenty odd years of social work clearly influence her poetry. She also enjoys participating in some of the local open mic nights around Brighton and West Sussex. Her work is unique and highly emotive. Liz says: 'My writing may be drug induced but it's my saviour, my friend, my therapy, my time waster and what keeps me out of trouble.'

Until now there has been no book giving an overview of childhood hemiplegia for the people who are most affected by it - the children and young people themselves, and their parents, families, friends and teachers, as well as the professionals working with them on the management of their condition.