# Lobster: And Other Things I'm Learning to Love - Hardcover

by **Hollie McNish** (Author)

A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the _Sunday Times_ bestselling _Slug_  
**'**Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest**' SARAH MILLICAN**

**'**Hollie McNish's words always sweep me away**' GIOVANNA FLETCHER**

_This book is written out of both hate and love for the world_  
As people, we are capable of both love and hate; amazement and disgust; fun and misery. So why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others?

We are told to be repulsed by our own bodies, bodies that let us laugh and sweat and eat toast; to be ashamed of pleasure; to be embarrassed by fun.

In this collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again.

**'**Never have we needed her more**'** _**STYLIST**_

**'**I've loved her work for years**' JO BRAND**

**'**She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love**' KAE TEMPEST**

### Back Jacket

**A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the _Sunday Times_ bestselling _Slug_.**

_This book is written out of both hate and love for the world_

As people, we are capable of both love and hate; amazement and disgust; fun and misery.

So why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others? We are told to be repulsed by our own bodies, bodies that let us laugh and sweat and eat toast; to be ashamed of pleasure; to be embarrassed by fun. In this brand-new collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again.

### Author Biography

Hollie McNish is an award-winning poet based between Cambridge and Glasgow. She is the author of the _Sunday Times_ bestselling, _Slug_, Ted Hughes Award-winning _Nobody Told Me_ and poetry collections _Plum_, _Cherry Pie_ and _Papers_. She has also adapted Greek tragedy _Antigone_, and co-wrote _Offside_, a play, with fellow poet Sabrina Mahfouz. She loves writing.

**Number of Pages:** 432

**Dimensions:** 1.6 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN

**Publication Date:** February 11, 2025

## Details

- **Price:** 29.0 USD
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