Reviews

‘A poetic memoir like a rush of honesty to the heart (or Gillian Anderson’s answerphone.)’

Caroline Bird

‘Punchy assured stuff. The writing is clear and direct, leading us effortlessly to all the murk and mulch of life. More please!’

Luke Wright

‘I know when I am reading a good book because I swear a lot, silently, inside my head, about the author’s intelligence and craft, how it is held so lightly, how it touches you so deeply. I know it’s truly good when I want to tell as many people as I can that it is laugh-out loud funny and sad, playful and intelligent - and yes, it’s about parenting, and growing up, all the selves we can be in two decades, how sublime we are and how horribly faulty, how this is a book about love. But mostly I just want to tell you – this book is so good. This book is so bloody good’

Clare Shaw

‘These poems are lyric detonations, excavating constellations of family and strangers, riding the line between reality and lie, holding small worlds but loving big.’

Tishani Doshi

‘Rhian Elizabeth’s poems are personal and playful, tender and fierce. She writes about love, loss and the kindness of strangers. There’s an intimacy to these poems, and such honesty and insight, I defy anyone not to be moved.’

Paul Burston