There are some beautiful moments in this book and the story that Goss tells is deeply moving. The language is spare and elegant as befits the subject matter. To me though it wasn't quite enough - I either wanted more variation - or less poems on the same subject (or perhaps more metaphorical poems on the subject rather than straight forward narrative poems). Perhaps a pamphlet-sized book would have been better. There is no doubting Goss's skill as a writer but this just wasn't for me.