Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Ray

Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Ray'Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I'm proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was

you'll have everything you need to be the hero our seas need

An extraordinary debut

author of Normal People 'Terrific' RODDY DOYLE

But unbeknownst to Viola

'A story of inherited resilience and self-determination' Observer

the guests begin to panic

' - BookTrust'I cannot praise this book enough

revealing the truth that lies beneath

the flash of a cigarette lighter in a darkened cinema illuminates a stunning romantic betrayal - and sets in motion one of the most moving and desperate flights of the heart in modern literature

'There is no writer quite like Dolly Alderton working today and very soon the world will know it' Lisa Taddeo

Named Koschei the Deathless

A year later