The Gibbon's in Decline but the Horse is Stable

Anthropoemmorphic ramblings from Maureen Lipman

Featuring illustrations by Gerald Scarfe, Gray Jolliffe, Posy Simmonds, Jan Pienkowski, Mac, Bill Tidy, Phillip Hood

Published by Robson Books Price £6.99

ISBN 1 86105 969 8

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All Royalties to the International Myeloma Foundation (UK)

When faced with the terminal ill health and untimate death of a partner, we inevitably seek some distraction and respite from our grief. In Maureen Lipman's case, she turned to the mind focussing and challenging occupation of writing what she calls Daft Verse. With her ready wit, inventive imagination,great sense of humour and skill with words, she has compiled a collection of amusing verses that include a cross-dressing Zebra, an off-colour Chameleon and an adolescent Leopard.

This is a delighful book that has the double purpose of drawing attention to Myeloma, one of the least acknowledged major blood cancers.

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