In the traditional fairy-tale style this book looks at the themes of love and loss by following the experiences of Isis, a river girl, who falls hopelesly in love with a mortal poet. Isis begs her Father, Thames, to free her from the river. Wendy Cope is the author of Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, Twiddling Your Thumbs a collection of finger rhymes for children and Is That the New Moon a collection of women's poetry.