Ute Carson manages to find universal truths in ordinary things, and clothes them in language that is at once beautiful and profoundly universal. The result is a music that sings in our very core. Leticia Austria, Poet The author employs a number of poetic tools to convey her thoughts, including wonderful imagery and simple yet effective phrasing. Harmony McGlothlin, Publisher & Editor Grace Notes Books and Editor-in Chief of Notes Magazine A gladness for life and family is countered by occasional poem lines of survived horror. Such lines render the poet steeled in mind and intensely honed to...

Bread of Affliction/Bread of Love Ghostly Mansion The Secret that Only Babies Know Great Expectations My Gift to Life Heart Rhythms Blessed Lives Will You Still Need Me? The Power of Presence Rungs Anniversary Afterglow Sun and Moon - A Wedding Toast From the Ashes Stranger in a New Found Land Redemption Metamorphosis Ripeness is All Constancy The Divide A Death of One's Own Eternity Once More for Real

Bread of Affliction/Bread of Love Painea suferintei - Painea iubirii Ghostly Mansion Conacul fantomatic The Secret that Only Babies Know Secretul stiut doar de copii Great Expectations Asteptari marete My Gift to Life Darul meu pentru Viata Heart Rhythms Ritmul inimii Blessed Lives Binecuvantate vieti Will You Still Need Me? Oare vei mai avea nevoie de mine? The Power of Presence Puterea prezentei Rungs Trepte Anniversary Aniversare Afterglow Amurg Sun and Moon - A Wedding Toast Soarele si Luna - Toast de nunta From the Ashes Din cenusa Stranger in a New Found Land Strain intr-o Lume Noua...

Reminiscences of first love are woven through letters from Sophia, a German journalist now living in Spain. She writes to her dying friend, Klaus. Sophia recalls the emotional experiences they shared as they came of age, and recounts how she wrestled with the discovery that Klaus was in a serious relationship with someone else while courting her. As Sophia writes, she learns that clinging to a romantic attachment from the past risks crippling her capacity to love in the present.

Using the all but lost love letter format, the author recalls Sophia's conflicted lifelong love for...