Balancing Act
ISBN: 9781915434340
Format: Pamphlet, 40 pages,
Forthcoming (Due: November 2025)
£7.00
Book details
These poems explore one woman's attempts to juggle the roles of daughter, mother, grandmother, carer and human being. Tracing her inheritance as a Presbyterian minister’s daughter and her childhood in Northern Ireland in the 1960’s and 70’s, Elizabeth Dunford examines family relationships and how they change, including the gradual reversal of roles as parents live into extreme old age, the impact of autism and ADHD in family members, and the challenges and rewards of neurodivergence in the home. The natural world provides a source of strength and renewal, as does carving out moments to write.
About the Author
Elizabeth Dunford was born in India, grew up in Northern Ireland, and has lived in Nottingham since 1986. She is interested in the relationship between writing and wellbeing, and holds an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes. Elizabeth won second place in the 2017 Carers UK poetry competition, has been commended in other competitions, and has published poems, articles and book reviews widely in print and online. She is active in the East Midlands poetry community, especially with the Writer Highway and Bromley House Library, and she has facilitated writing workshops with these and other organisations.
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