Abruptio--A mothers worst fear is realized at 23 weeks into the pregnancy and a baby girl is born at the edge of viability. Melissa Fournier shares her profound grief for her daughters brief life in these intimate poems that reflect the power of grace to transform sorrow into resilience and hope. EARLY PRAISE: Fournier knits fragments together into the babys shroud to show us the readers the empty home the mothers weeping breasts this child Camille Grace this family this world its grief. --Dr. R