The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

My Family and Other Superheroes

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

My Family and Other Superheroes

By Jonathan Edwards

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

Leaping from the pages, jostling for position alongside the Valleys mams, dads, and bamps, and described with great warmth, the superheroes in question are a motley crew: Evel Knievel, Sophia Loren, Ian Rush, Marty McFly, a bicycling nun, and a recalcitrant hippo. Other poems focus on the crammed terraces and abandoned high streets where a working-class and Welsh nationalist politics is hammered out. This is a postindustrial valleys upbringing re-imagined through the prism of pop culture and sur...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9781781721629

Publisher

Poetry Wales Press

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

My Family and Other Superheroes

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley

Tony Fleecs

The World's Worst Superheroes (the World's Worst)

The World's Worst Superheroes (the World's Worst)

David Walliams

Away with words

Away with words

Cameron, Sophie (Novelist)

Unsung Not All Heroes Wear Kits

Unsung Not All Heroes Wear Kits

Alexis James

The Periodic Table of Marvel

The Periodic Table of Marvel

Melanie Scott

jaz santos vs. the world - the dream team

jaz santos vs. the world - the dream team

Priscilla Mante

Sisters

Sisters

Daisy Johnson

Family

Family

Mark Haddon

Marvel Fearless and Fantastic! Female Super Heroes Save the World

Marvel Fearless and Fantastic! Female Super Heroes Save the World

Sam Maggs

Oh my gods

Oh my gods

Voices in the park ; Voices in the park

Voices in the park ; Voices in the park

Anthony Browne

Amazing Fantastic Incredible

Amazing Fantastic Incredible

Stan Lee

Super Sons

Super Sons

Ridley Pearson

West

West

Carys Davies

Check Mates

Check Mates

Stewart Foster

The Runaways

The Runaways

Fatima Bhutto

Motherlands

Motherlands

Si Spurrier

Heroes of the frontier

Heroes of the frontier

Dave Eggers

Giant

Giant

Kate Scott

Super-Sarah

Super-Sarah

A B.Saddlewick

The League of Regrettable Superheroes

The League of Regrettable Superheroes

Jon Morris

The Marvels

The Marvels

Brian Selznick

Fortunately, the Milk

Fortunately, the Milk

Neil Gaiman

Little book of superheroes

Little book of superheroes

Michael Heatley

Wild Cards

Wild Cards

George R. R. Martin

Voices in the park

Voices in the park

Anthony Bowne

Æsops fabler

Æsops fabler

Beverly Naidoo

Superman and the Legion of Super-heroes

Superman and the Legion of Super-heroes

Johns, Geoff

Last son

Last son

Johns, Geoff

A Madness of Angels

A Madness of Angels

Kate Griffin

Super Friends

Super Friends

Nick Eliopulos

The Solex Brothers (Redux) (Salt Modern Poets)

The Solex Brothers (Redux) (Salt Modern Poets)

Luke Kennard

All My Friends Are Superheroes

All My Friends Are Superheroes

Andrew Kaufman

The Iron Man

The Iron Man

Ted Hughes

Powerless

Powerless

Matt Cherniss

The Incredibles

The Incredibles

Richard Dungworth

Teenage Wasteland

Teenage Wasteland

Brian K. Vaughan

The Comedian

The Comedian

Joseph O'Connor

Champions utmaning

Champions utmaning

Joanna Campbell

Graffiti

Graffiti

Nigel Rees