Putham HouseAs change sweeps over her small village surrounded by majestic palmyra trees, Lizzy barely clings to the hope that her life too will change for the better while the indolent menfolk of her family wallow in their former eminence and do nothing to redeem their sinking fortunes. Torn between filial duty and her love for an earnest young man from the palmyra climbing community, Lizzys plight is symptomatic of many a thwarted life caught in the cruel grip

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racist and xenophobic hostility to refugees and economic migrants

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protocols and strategies turned loose from all rational context

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the poet pushing through the ache of experience from the first to the last word

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