'As a serious intelligent child would, Rachael walks around her memory house: her mother, her relations, her island, its gothic history; and then one particular cut-off sweet lost relationship, which she re-visits again and again. Using old Kodak photos, particular moments become timeless. An unaffected book, the poems are serious, both in subject and use of language. It's rigorous, unsentimental. Rachael walks around sadness, doesn't dwell - but nor does she let go. And she's a mistress of the perfectly paced ending to a poem. A very unusual and truthful book.
'Maurice McNamara
'What makes us the creative person we become? Rachael Guy observes haunting incidents from her childhood that resonate decades later. A fresh, emotionally mature, insightful and compassionate voice for Australian poetry.
'Julie Chevalier' (Publication summary)
