poetry | fiction | non-fiction | children's
Deceptively simple, these little pieces taken from everyday life touch on all the big subjects. Polly has found the magic formula for drawing the reader into her world – as informally as if we were sharing a cup of tea. Gently and subtly, she leads us to review our own experiences – whether similar to hers or completely different.
Letters for my Little Sister began as a conversation peppered with questions — between women who found they had little to no idea what to expect from this phase in their lives.
Compiled from letters, essays and poems from almost seventy women around the world, Letters is written for every woman to read, to share — with each other and with the men and women who love them.
Experiences that sear but do not wither the soul. Steve Roberts has established himself a voice that does not falsify the cruel circumstances that have commanded these powerful poems to be written.
Unabated honesty and fastidious craftsmanship make these lines almost unnerving in their intensities. Strong stuff — and strongly recommended.