‘The poems are characterised by a strength of passion, by a searching self-examination, by a daring of emotion that is reflected in the language and images.’ 

'This poetry is vast with remembering.’

‘Here is a picture of a woman’s divided loves, for a love in Ireland and for one in Australia, drawn with rare honesty and a compelling strength of observation … Here is writing not afraid to be vulnerable, not trapped in literary artifice, nor reticent about emotion, its hopes, its fears, its withdrawals and assertions, which we all share and which enrich our humanity.’