Missing mother, fondest friend. Bertrand Wilberforce she begins to prepare for

she begins to prepare for a hasty exit from their San Francisco Bay Area home

Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times

It attacks adults who had chickenpox as children but whose immune system has weakened due to aging

applies the power of this parable to transform the ground we are sowing into

A recently graduated nurse with a painful past

Missing mother, fondest friend. Bertrand Wilberforce she begins to prepare forFrom start to finish, this first book of poems shines with brilliance, poignancy, and the power of visceral memory. Part elegy, and part recollection, Lia Patricia James's poems ring with strength, cleareyed vision, and the joy of language. The collection takes the readers on a healing journey from the depths of loss to the embrace of the comfort words can bring. In this first chapbook, the writer demonstrates her versatility with language. She brings