Description: Moving and uplifting, this compilation of mostly short poems conveys the author's personal battle with breast cancer, from the initial mammogram through biopsy, several operations, radiotherapy treatment, and recovery. The poems express the reality of balancing a challenging, life-threatening disease with one's daily routine, proposing small distractions and coping mechanisms while charting the passage of time by procedures done, books read, appointments made, food cooked, and dreams dreamed.
Review Quotes: "With this collection, Green displays her versatility, intelligence and enthusiasm for art in its many mediums. While this book will appeal to readers of contemporary New Zealand poetry, it will be of particular interest to those who are also keen on modern and contemporary New Zealand art." --Amy Brown, Lumière Reader, on Making Lists for Frances Hodgkins