‘a delicious portrayal of the tensions that run through life… an acute reminder that the acts of writing and reading reconcile us with ourselves’

Matthew Stewart (Rogue Strands) – read the full review here

‘This pamphlet’s fourteen poems, given in both the English originals and Italian translations by Franca Mancinelli and John Taylor, provide engaging depictions of life on and around Lake Maggiore, as seen from Cannero Riviera, a commune halfway up the lake’s western side. It becomes immediately obvious that Best’s writing is full of the affection which she, a regular visitor over many years, feels for the lake, the place, the inhabitants and their surroundings.’

Matthew Paul (Sphinx) – read the full review here

Alwyn Marriage’s review in London Grip

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