In Sight of the Sea

Teleri Williams's poem sequence In Sight of the Sea is based on the life of her maternal grandmother, Thirza Emma. Inspired by old family photographs, memories and the few known details, she follows a trail from Emma's birth in Bridport in 1892, around the Mediterranean and to New York, back to the English Midlands and finally to rural Wales in an imaginative poetic journey to discover the real woman. The poems are illustrated by some of the many photographs left by Emma, and together they create a picture of the strong, determined woman whom the poet remembers.

In Sight of the Sea is published by Alun Books at £6.99. To buy a copy if you are in the UK ask your bookshop to order it - ISBN 0907117-95-3.


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  1. View Emma
  2. View in uniform
  3. View Emma in Egypt
  4. View On the beach, 1926
  5. View Emily and Thomas, Emma's parents
  6. View Emma, 1960s

Thirza Emma, 1892-1972 : some pictures of a life, from In Sight of the Sea

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