Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Brothers Library-themed Gifts

Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Brothers Library-themed GiftsA greeting that not only gives great pleasure but illuminates our liveslike a message in a bottle.Robert McCrum, writer and editor Ten Poems about Brothers is a title in the Instead of a Card series, based on the idea that sending a greeting card is a lovely gesture, and sending a booklet of poetry an even more meaningful one. In this wonderful mini anthology of poems celebrating brothers (a companion to Ten Poems about Sisters) we meet brothers of

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