The Turpentine Tree Frazer Sutherland of the imagination can look

of the imagination can look like

their daily struggles exacerbated by an overstretched and corrupt government

to look seventy years of history – and the human condition – squarely in the eye

but also a period of mental collapse that saw her incarcerated in a mental hospital until her family fought for her release

diverse use of classical and free forms and entertaining incidents

The Turpentine Tree Frazer Sutherland of the imagination can lookThe Turpentine Tree employs strong, sensuous imagery to explore displacement, solitude and the search for connection. Drawing on memories from a life uprooted by time spent at sea, widowhood, and loss, she conjures vivid portraits of family, friends and loved ones. Often these recollections are bittersweet, recalling friends and lovers lost, including her later partner, Dannie Abse. From her experiences of loss and solitude come landscapes of silence: