“Poignant visions of childhood, the family, and moments of perception that become 'a study of small pleasures' to be recalled and savored.”—
Library Journal
Cathy Song's poems are "bouquets to those moments in life that seemed minor but in retrospect count the most," Richard Hugo said of the poet's first book. "She accommodates experiential extremes with a sensibility strengthened by patience that is centuries old, ancestral, tribal, a gift passed down."