All Before Me by Esther Rutter review the healing power of place and poetry
Briefly

The book is alive with fascinating episodes and potted histories and a heartfelt commitment to the power of place and of poetry to sustain lives and minds.
And it was working, until she suffered a sudden breakdown of her mental health, a sort of dissolution of the self: severe anxiety attacks, agitation and a deep-seated feeling in her body that happiness would for ever pass me by.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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