The poems in the first part of this collection explore memories of the octogenarian author's early childhood ("raised by Edwardians raised by Victorians") and her growing up through adolescence and the loves and betrayals in womanhood, along with portraits of her family. They also concern the workings of imagination as it strives to free an adventurous mind and spirit from the oppressions of the commonplace. Poems later in the book recount the aging and death of parents, and, in the last part, the author confronts the loss of friends, her own aging and sense of mortality, and what goes on after we pass away.

Miller Adams is the author of a chapbook, Instructions for Lies and Flowers, and three forthcoming illustrated children's books. Previously, as Sylvia Adams, she is the author of a novel, a children's book, and two poetry collections. She is a founding member of Ottawa's Field Stone Poets and Ottawa's Pachyderm Poets and as ADAR Press has published their chapbooks. A writing instructor-facilitator in Canada and Chile, a book reviewer, twice winner of the Aesthetica International Poetry Competition and winner of several other awards, she has poetry and prose in over 30 publications.

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