Before the Rain Jan Lowe Shinebourne How much can we say

How much can we say

" - Orwell Prize for Political Fiction panel

This ambitious collection hums with complex feeling

Hodell’s pacifist and anarchist politics are always present

was born in Oxford in 1962

Before the Rain Jan Lowe Shinebourne How much can we sayIn bringing together poems and short stories in one collection, Christine Craig looks both inward at herself as the reflector and celebrant of the experiences of a long life, and outward as the observer and creator of the dramas of other lives. Her world encompasses hazard, cruelty, and the abuse of power but it is seen with a hopeful eye that pays homage to the resourcefulness of Jamaican aunties, finds joy in the promiscuity of a garden nurtured by