An Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerA Goop Book Club Pick"If you want your breath to catch and your heart to stop, turn to Kate Baer."--Joanna Goddard, Cup of JoA stunningand honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being awoman in the world today, and the many roles we play - mother, partner, andfriend."When life throws you a bag ofsorrow, hold out your hands/Little by little, mountains are climbed." So endsKate Baer's remarkable poem "Things My Girlfriends Teach Me." In "Nothing Tastes as Good as SkinnyFeels" she challenges her reader to consider their grandmother's cake, thetaste of the sea, the cool swill of freedom. In her poem "Deliverance" about her son's birth she writes "What is the word for whenthe light leaves the body?/What is the word for when it/at last, returns?" Through poems that are asunforgettably beautiful as they are accessible, Kate Bear proves herself to truly bean exemplary voice in modern poetry. Her words make women feel seen in theirown bodies, in their own marriages, and in their own lives. Her poems are thoseyou share with your mother, your daughter, your sister, and your friends.