Jeri Kroll’s third collection of poems is a passionate and witty excursion into the world of the family. She writes about pregnancy, the growing independence of the child and the difficulties of raising other people’s children. As well, she investigates wider issues, such as jealousy, divorce and the shifting images women have of themselves.
“These are poems full of a fresh verve, looking with astonishment, joy and even, at times, bewilderment at the personal miracle of the arrival of a child into a family. Here the universal is made personal and the personal made universal and that, truly, is how literature at its best mirrors and deepens our lives for us.”
- Kate Llewellyn
“Kroll is frank, warm and sharply observant. At last we have a poet who writes of pregnancy and motherhood post-Plath, with a similar verve and skill.”
- Barbara Giles, Overland
