Inheritance: Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection

A profoundly moving exploration of what is passed down by our forebearers, what is left behind when we lose someone and what we learn from being loved. Jasmine Cooray holds our most fiercely-guarded myths to the light. Her poems sing of self-belief rising to the surface as drowning feels imminent: wise, wild and empowering, a lodestar for survival.