journey in shades

In this first collection of her work, the poet re-visits her country childhood, the loss of innocence, love, heartbreak and death, and reflects with admirable frankness on those universal rites of passage common to us all. "I have felt engaged with the work, and responsive to its emotional charge" :Professor Carol Rumens  GUARDIAN BOOKS ONLINE  'Poem of the Week' blog. "She lets detail speak, often exquisitely, through things as they are; there is no attempt to escape through fantasy"