A Woman's Write

<p>This collection of poetry and prose from women in recovery is a fire walk: a searing barefooted dash over the hot coals of desperation despair and self-destruction. Startling often hypnotic photographs supplied by one of the writers drift through the text like sparks from the embers. These women have been burned into blessedness.</p><p>Duane Tucker Actor Writer for Screen and TV Passenger Magazine Poet of the Year 2002</p><p>As a recovering alcoholic A Woman's Write - Strong and Free reminded me of my own struggles and haunting past. I could relate to every poem and was enthralled with the quality honesty and raw emotion the authors brought to each piece. Thought provoking and educational I will read it again and again.</p><p>Josie Penny author of So Few on Earth twelve months on the Dundurn Publishers bestselling list.</p><p><center>Words to Live By - by Susan Clairmont The Hamilton Spectator</center></p><p>The women call it freefall.</p><p>Words moving quickly from head and heart through to pen and paper. Silence but for the scratching of raw poetry emerging on pages.</p><p>Some are lost in it. Focused. Energized. Words flow fast.</p><p>Others struggle. Thoughts trickle.</p><p>It is Monday night in a sparse basement room at Womankind an addiction service operated by St. Joseph's Healthcare. A dozen women are around the table. An unlikely group who in most ways have little in common.</p><p>What they do have in common connects them immediately and powerfully. They are all recovering addicts. Some are alcoholics some are drug users a good number are both.</p><p>And they are all authors.</p><p>A Woman's Write: Strong and Free is a collection of poetry capturing the experience of women learning to understand themselves as they come to terms with addiction.</p>