Beginner's Luck by U A Fanthorpe Nichola Deane with a new level of

with a new level of clarity and purpose adding weight to the words – without losing the warmth

Now humorous

tells the story of the authors one-way journey as a young man from his home in the northern pampas to Buenos Aires in 1950

About the first publication

featuring characters like Zeus

Beginner's Luck by U A Fanthorpe Nichola Deane with a new level ofWhen she died in 2009, Anthony Thwaite described U. A. Fanthorpe as a 'smiling subversive with a voice like bird song'. An encouraging example to all late developers, this particular bird's voice took its time: she didn't become a poet until she was 45. But these examples of her very earliest work show the latent mastery and the rapid development of the craft that would bring her wide critical acclaim and an affectionate general readership. The