Inspired by her solo fastpack of the South West Coast Path, ‘A Sky The Colour of Hope’ is Leah Atherton’s commanding debut collection, published by Verve Poetry Press in July 2020. It boasts an array of powerfully wild and striking poems, drawing the reader through the poet’s journey of grief after the loss of her father. Atherton sets the tone for the collection perfectly in her dedication when she says “For Papa — I think I understand now” and questions what it means to find yourself when the world around you seems determined to shape you to its own design.

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