Round the Mulberry Bush by Patricia McCarthy art and lends its readers fresh

and lends its readers fresh eyes

through poetry

Unflinching in its account of childhood abuse and trauma

In Before We Go Any Further

Round the Mulberry Bush by Patricia McCarthy art and lends its readers fresh'Like fixtures patterning the air the accumulation of experiences here resonates far beyond the covers of the book and as oaks seem to listen to the unheard and owls out perform flutes we become witnesses to an inner theatre. As Geoffrey Hill suggested it is small factual vision that leads to Gnostic awareness.' Ian Brinton'Patricia McCarthys collection Round the Mulberry Bush is an intensely compassionate, intelligent and moving elegy to her loves