"An intensely personal reflection on an experience that’s shaped us all."
In the final poem in this intensely personal collection, entitled Post-Pandemic, are the lines, ‘Things are supposed to be normal now. / We are supposed to be normal now.’ They’re striking in their simplicity and the way they underline the abnormality of the pandemic and its continuing impact on every one of us.
Nyanda Foday’s experience of those years of lockdown and isolation was particularly hard; alone at university, separated from her family, struggling with her mental health. Her poetry captures the anguish, fear and loneliness of her situation, her struggles to keep in control.
There’s a power to the poems driven by their raw honesty; a potent emphasis on physicality in poems such as Self-Soothing and Body. The poems will affect readers too because we all went through this, and though our experiences were maybe easier, this chance to reflect, consider and process what happened is important and weighted with meaning.
During lockdown Nyanda was at university. She chose to stay in her student accommodation rather than going home to her family. She spent 79 days alone, with deteriorating mental health, trying to study for her degree.
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During lockdown Nyanda was at university. She chose to stay in her student accommodation rather than going home to her family.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Somehow, Somehow and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
Somehow, Somehow features in the following genres: Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Poetry Books for Children, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage poetry, anthologies, annuals
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Somehow, Somehow was written by Nyanda Foday and published by Andersen Press an imprint of Andersen Press Ltd
Somehow, Somehow has 62 pages
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