A perfect book for readers searching for the salve of darker verse and recovery poetry. Every Little Vanishing is, at its core, a collection of poetry that will bring you to your knees with its honesty.

“...our marriage / a bridge between staying for the children we had or leaving for the people we want to become.”

These poems drag you to the darkroom of vulnerability where everything is exposed; the wounded child, the wreckless adolescent, the life and death of a sibling to addiction, and the loss of self through marriage and motherhood. These poems hold beneath their hard exterior the soft underbelly of what it means to love and lose. They are for anyone who wants to learn how to grow a new skin, to excavate the body of its grief, to devour it, and to let it choke you.

Author: Sheleen McElhinney
Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing
Page Count: 100pp
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Notes: softcover
Date of Publication: October 26, 2021
ISBN: 978-1949342291