Concrete Dreams Sarah Watkinson especially Cao Shui’er

especially Cao Shui’er

grey environs of the East Yorkshire river

I didn’t see the house till I was over forty

These poems have risen from a dark place and with the tender force of Pagdin’s pen

or stowing away on trains – experiencing

Concrete Dreams Sarah Watkinson especially Cao Shui’erConcrete Dreams tells the gripping story of Lucas Bostock, a Jamaican immigrant who arrives in 1950s London determined to succeed and to impose his vision of success on his family. A harsh, domineering man, shaped and scarred by survival, Lucas is no ones idea of a nice man. When his wife Rhoda finally leaves him, taking their only daughter, hes left to raise their three sons with a mix of toughness, pride, and unrelenting ambition. Lucas believes