Angela Readman's third collection is a treasure trove of luscious, visceral poems, full of delightful risks, utterly thrilling and always pleasurably close to the bone. The poems in this collection teem with strange and beautiful gems. We encounter mermaids, Joan of Arc, a man with a beard of bees, and Beatrix Potter's bed. "Readman casts her eye on ordinary life with a sharp knife. This is witty, astute poetry of the inventive kind and feels important, as all good poetry should...Poetry with an edge." Julia Darling