Makeover is a book dripping with nostalgia, cigarette ash and sour cream dip. Lit by too-close TV screens and too-bright calorie counters, Bolger's poems explore growing up, differing bodies and societal expectations. Writing in praise of mums, nans and sisterhood, this is a work bursting with strength, anger, love and, ultimately, hope. In a celebration of girls shaped by swimming baths and Working Men's Clubs, friendship and family, Makeover contends with what we inherit and what we ought to pass on.

Poems on working-class girlhood.

About the Author
Laurie Bolger is a London based writer and founder of The Creative Writing Breakfast Club. Her debut pamphlet 'Box Rooms' (Burning Eye Books) has featured at Glastonbury, TATE, RA & Sky Arts. Laurie's writing has appeared in The Poetry Review, The London Magazine, Moth, Magma, Crannog, Stand, & Trinity College Icarus & her poems & short stories have been shortlisted for The Bridport Prize, Live Canon, Winchester & Sylvia Plath Prizes. In 2023, Laurie won The Moth Prize judged by Louise Gluck with her poem 'Parkland Walk' which appeared in The Irish Times. The poems in 'Makeover' celebrate the resilience of working class women in her family as well as autonomy, community & home.

Reviews
"Laurie Bolger's writing is a best friend, a memory, a picnic, a hug and a punch. "I want to live without weighing things" is maybe my favourite line of poetry this year, and definitely my new life motto. Stunning." - Hollie McNish


Awards
Winner of The Moth Poetry Prize 2022.



Book Information
ISBN 9781915628244
Author Laurie Bolger
Format Paperback
Page Count 36
Imprint The Emma Press
Publisher The Emma Press
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 5mm