The Lido at Night by Patricia Ace

‘These poems are wonderfully exuberant. Fierce and tender, brave and unafraid, they fizz with life and energy.’ —Vicki Feaver

 ‘The Lido at Night bristles with lives and generous insights about them, whether they are mothers, daughters, or characters who grapple with disenfranchisement or other acts of violence. Every speaker is drawn with Patricia Ace’s characteristic full-blooded imagination, musicality, and fierce compassion; as a result, the beauty in these pages resonates long after you put the pamphlet down.’ —Jane McKie

‘Open-hearted and open-eyed, Patricia Ace’s poems are fearless. In The Lido at Night she explores her conflicting emotions in poems that are honest but also humorous and tender.’ —Stephanie Green