THIS bitter-sweet collection of poetry about life in a mental institution is disturbing. It presumably has a special appeal to folk who have shared Hill's experience and to those of us who have not it is a sad revelation of a desperate search for normality.
Introspective, claustrophobic, a pathetic attempt to find hope in the dark world of psychiatric treatment. Lou-Lou paints a depressing picture of communal confinement and awareness of a normal outside world which she both longs for and fears.
The 103 short individually-dated poems rely heavily on similes and need to be read at a single sitting for full impact.
Margaret Franklin
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