With a keen eye for imagery, Veronica Kornberg brings the dearness of daily life to us from her perch on the edge of the Pacific, her newfound home: "We took it all on faith, as is. // Below us, the violent sea / broke its beautiful teeth on the rocks." Kornberg invites us into the rich sensory detail of the place and "how a person can be // changed entirely by the scent of sage and coyote mint, / by the quick tongues of painted ladies that swarm the sea daisies¿" Against this backdrop, we're also led into family memories, "this conversation between the living and the long dead" and toward this conclusion: "It did not feel like loss, but a wheel turning." This is a lush debut, a narrative collection full of gift after Strange Gift." -Ellen Bass, author of Indigo.