"There is a precise attention to detail in these poems: an exactness in the choice of words and a desire to push language to its limits… a very definite and intriguing narrative in which a woman escapes from an abusive relationship in Tokyo and returns to her Anglesey home to rediscover herself through her relationship with landscape and language. The familiarity of the North Wales countryside and the echoes of an inherited idiom resonate throughout. The poems capture, with concrete imagery and intense lyricism, the unique atmosphere of the various locations in which the poet has lived; the ever observant writer distils the experience of Japan, Canada and Wales with consummate skill."
Nessa O’Mahony

"...exquisite poetry that switches the heart-light on."
Fiona Owen

Marianne Jones was born shortly before the end of World War 2 and grew up on Ynys Môn/Anglesey, where she now lives with her husband, an environmental campaigner. After completing a first degree and qualifying as a teacher, she lived and worked abroad for several years: in Kyushu, Tokyo, Vancouver and Montreal. When she arrived back in Britain, she worked as a lecturer/teacher of English as a second language and later as a co-ordinator of Japanese educational projects. She completed a second MA (the first was in Montreal) and a postgraduate diploma in multicultural education. She started writing short stories at the age of eight, and poetry at the age of ten, and won a camera and some useful pocket money in competitions. A few years ago, an opportunity to take voluntary early retirement from running an educational centre enabled her to focus on writing again.