“What a searing, poetic, and gutting examination of the challenges girls and women face. Each work is a dedication and moves like the best poems and essays move. And now, a dedication is in order to Annie Marhefka for this beautiful book.”

• Jeannie Vanasco, author of A Silent Treatment, The Glass Eye, and Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl

“By the end of Annie’s collection (and you will get to the end, I promise), you will feel seen, and you will see in a new way. Annie’s writing reminds us that in seeing others as truly as we can, we also see ourselves.”

• Ann Quinn, poet and author of Final Deployment and Poetry is Life