Things My Mother Told Me

This book is luminous, feisty, heart breaking, and fiercely honest, often all in the space of a single poem. Her voice has the vigour and industrial strength grit of Grace Paley’s, and there is genuine wisdom here, an intelligence born of direct experience. These poems are a breath of fresh air in contrast to the fetid self obsession of so much contemporary verse…a real pleasure…a must read for anyone who has ever experienced the deep joys, agonies, and mysteries of the mother, daughter bond.