Poetry. "The speaker in these shocking, tender, funny, and lovely poems is stunningly resilient, surviving marriage to an alcoholic, and four near death experiences including a hit and run leaving her with lifelong aftereffects. She is as splendid a model of grace as I've met in literature or life; transcending daily pain with her often naughty sense of humor and gratitude, drinking every delicious drop of nectar life offers and for one so wise in self-knowledge, there is nectar everywhere and every when." April Ossmann"