SANDY
KEALTY
BOOKS
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The Island has proved a joy and an inspiration. The landscape is extraordinary, the pace of life so very sensible and the community full of exquisite ideas. There is a freedom here that makes one's job of holding up half the sky so much less onerous.
Sandy Kealty 2019
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‘The Mermaid is Unimpressed’ retails at £6.99 and is on sale at Waterstones and IW Traders in Newport, Babushka Books in Shanklin, Mrs Middletons and Dimbola Museum and Galleries in Freshwater and Medina Books in Cowes. The book is also available via online retailers. Visit www.beachybooks.com for more information.
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"Sometimes I giggled out loud and at other times I wiped a tear. It's so well written." - Michelle
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"What a delightful little book. Though very original, many of you would recognise your own life and loves within these anecdotal poems." - Inge Holder
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"Lovely musings on modern life, island life and a life well lived. Really enjoyed the poetry and amazing cover art. A lovely addition to my bookshelf." - Anonymous
"Following the success of Sandy’s first poetry volume, ‘The Mermaid is Unimpressed’, this second volume is filled with poems covering the thrills of riding pillion on motorbikes to embarrassing entanglements with past lovers, including such topics as the joy of cake to the perils of leaving granny by the cliff edge." - Beachy Books 2019
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‘The Mermaid Rides Again’ retails at £6.99 and is on sale at Waterstones and IW Traders in Newport, Babushka Books in Shanklin, Mrs Middletons and Dimbola Museum and Galleries in Freshwater and Medina Books in Cowes. The book is also available via online retailers. Visit www.beachybooks.com for more information.
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"A wise and intelligent poet, reflecting back on life, while analysing the state of the nation. With fantastic vocabulary and just the right word in the right place, she writes tight and punchy poems, that are also reflective and witty, formed from personal experience on her life that will also resonate with many." - Beachy Books
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"For new readers to Sandy’s work there are all the delights of her previous collection ‘The Mermaid is Unimpressed’ – the wit, the wisdom, the sharp eye for detail. This collection, ‘The Mermaid Rides Again’ is about growing up, growing wise, but not growing old. The poems fly from humorous to serious and back again. The writer has some strong opinions “There is nothing like Bruce Willis in a vest” and “there is nothing better for an ache/ than cake.” She often touches on truths that tickle the reader to laugh out loud in recognition." - Pat Murgatroyd. May 2020
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"The poetic equivalent of a great cartoonist, eschewing jargon and pomposity, always with a funny but wise punchline, and particularly gifted at setting out a verbal picture that lingers in the mind long after the poem has ended." - Brian Hinton MBE, Chairman Julia Margaret Cameron Trust.
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