Tied to the Wind

<p><em>Tied to the Wind</em> is an auto-fictional prose poetry collection. The book portrays a young girl's attempts to tether herself to a life that keeps becoming unfixed each time her family moves from Ireland to Southern Africa and back again. Her nomadic childhood triggers a sense of destabilisation exacerbated by alcohol abuse racism war and the conflicts of complicit colonial privilege. Interwoven into the narrative are the puzzle pieces of a fateful decision to undertake a skydive despite her fear of heights. These are the pieces with which to assemble a sense of self.</p>