Susan Stenson understands death. She knows the importance of grief and the difficulty of finding words to say the final goodbye. Stenson offers beautifully shaped poems that show the living how to find space for the dead in their own lives. The poems in this collection are strong, honest, gentle and at times, surprisingly funny; there is more compassion in them than in a hundred sympathy cards.

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Susan Stenson lives in Victoria with her family where she co-publishes The Claremont Review, a literary magazine for writers aged 13 to 19. She teaches English and creative writing in Saanich School District and has taught at Waterford Kamhlaba's United World College in Swaziland.

"Mostly narrative and uncluttered by complicated imagery or form, Stenson's poems aim high and hard and hit us where we need it most: straight through the heart." - Prairie Fire

"This is the best fully-accessible book of poetry I have ever read. Not one word too many, not one word too few." - dcreid.ca