Balancing Act Jan Owen and to your artist-godmothers

and to your artist-godmothers

It is a window onto the world of a child who rejects convention and expectation

she takes them on a trip around the museums of the city

The poems introduce us to Suzi: ripping her leg hairs out with duct tape

First published almost fifteen years ago

Balancing Act Jan Owen and to your artist-godmothersThe fifteenth in Five Leaves' series of debut poetry pamphlets by East Midlands writers. These poems explore one woman's attempts to juggle the roles of daughter, mother, grandmother, carer and human being. Tracing her inheritance as a Presbyterian minister's daughter and her childhood in Northern Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s, Elizabeth Dunford examines family relationships and how they change, including the gradual reversal of roles as parents live