In this collection of poems Minnie Bruce Pratt writes about coming out as a lesbian and as a result not being able to be in contact with her children. Unfortunately stories like this are still relevant now. It's not easy to read these poems but it is a very essential collection and they're engaging as well. While reading this I thought about how me being childfree means I won't have a "real" family according to lawmakers and people who use the phrase "starting a family" to express that they're having a child. This is annoying because a family without children is still a complete and whole family. Also as someone who's aromantic (demi) it really fucking sucks that marriage is necessary in order for a relationship to be seen as valid. Anyway I did like this poetry collection despite the descriptions of pregnancy and birth and I would suggest to read who are interested in poetry about LGBTQIA+ life.