10 APRIL 1964, page 29

Living For Kicks

The Hand of Mary Constable. By Paul Gallico. (Heinemann, 21s.) The Face of a Madonna. By Thomas Armstrong. (Collins. 21s.) SENTIMENTAL Week. Defining 'sentimental' on the spur......

Chickenpox

Like another woman's, my bone-white feet Come out of the sheets, the heavy shin And the powerful oval of the knee Much coarser than when I was a girl Newly turned twelve,......