'An inspirational presence in British poetry - funny, feisty, female, full of feeling' - -- Carol Ann Duffy 'Human relationships, especially as seen from a woman's point of view, are central: attraction, pain, acceptance, loss, triumphs and deceptions, habits and surprises; always made immediate through a storyteller's concrete detail of place or voice or object or colour remembered or imagined' -- Edwin Morgan 'This is the work of a highly intelligent, sensitive, perceptive, and humorous young woman ... Behind the brilliant display of fireworks, and the wry laughter, and the lyricism, there is a deal of pain' -- George Mackay Brown 'One of the few poets writing today capable of encompassing the matter of contemporary life in terms that are both attractive and thought provoking' * Books in Scotland * 'The social satires in Liz Lochhead's new collection are among the wittiest and most original pieces she has written' * Herald *