Read this beautifully crafted book and you will look at the world differently.

These poems from an important new voice in Canadian poetry will jolt you with their boldness and move you with their understanding of human relationships. The startling imagery, direct tone and power of the storytelling will engage your heart, as well as your mind.

This is a book to savour and to give to those you care about most.

´Luminous with hidden life, tender and acutely perceived, these poems reveal what it means to be a woman — unborn, blossoming, burning and maturing.´

   Nadine McInnis

Marsha Barber was born in England and lives in Toronto, where she is on the faculty of Ryerson University´s School of Journalism. Before that, she spent much of her career as a documentary maker and senior producer at CBC Televison. Her other jobs have included working for poet Dorothy Livesay off the coast of Vancouver and stints as a carnival barker and London barmaid. She has been known to hop the occasional freight train. Marsha has published in a wide range of periodicals, including The Antigonish Review, The New Quarterly, The Walrus, Room of One´s Own and The Nashwaak Review.