‘A notable first collection. Emily Wills’ gift lies in choosing quite ordinary things and seeing through them into strangeness. She writes about giving birth, about small children, her own childhood, old age, loss of various kinds, but all these are made to resonate with an uncanny force...... a remarkable gift for words.’ — U.A Fanthorpe‘One moment a poem can be picking its way through rich dense diction, then suddenly open into a telling pause, a haunting last line or plain heart opening question.’ — Philip Gross
The sharp, unsentimental view, laced with humour and a sideways glance at the world, works very effectively, and gets betters as the book goes on… Her poems are drawn from real life… I look forward to reading more of her.
Steven Waling
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