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the author pins open our eyes in order for us to become commodified

Poems are complemented by detailed illustrations

and influenced by his poetry

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It’s full of your best friends and all the teachers as well as lots of kids you haven’t met

But & Though by Jake Hawkey Raymond Antrobus the author pins open ourIn But & Though, Jake Hawkey scrutinizes the impact of parental addiction on families, its title a nod to the language of dependency, its circles of prevarication and excuse. Hawkey's poems chart the loss of a father and the resilient love between siblings, and take an unflinching look at a parent child relationship sometimes painfully inverted through alcoholism. Hawkey's fresh perspective and playful style introduces a vital, authentic new voice in