All in the Downs - Shirley Collins NYRB Despite struggling with mental illness

Despite struggling with mental illness and heroin addiction for most of her life

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the reader will crave to plunge deeper into her metallic and poetically surreal universe

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All in the Downs - Shirley Collins NYRB Despite struggling with mental illnessAll in the Downs by Shirley Collins ISBN: 9781907222412 paperback with flaps Strange Attractor Press A memoir from one of Britain's legendary singers, folklorists, and music historians. Generously illustrated with rare archival material. *** A legendary singer, folklorist, and music historian, Shirley Collins has been an integral part of the folk music revival for more than sixty years. In her new memoir, All in the Downs, Collins tells the story of