Gladiola Girls

<p>Marion Wrenn's bright diamond of a debut <em>Gladiolas Girls </em> is a multifaceted exploration of grief each polished surface refracting some new and unexpected facet of how we live with loss. Wrenn's voice is by turns tender jocular and ribald but her gentleness carries us through each poem with a care that lets us look at pains too searing to see in any other way. Make no mistake: the arcs of life in this book are joyous. We all know that there is no grief without loss but Wrenn reminds us that there is no grief without love.-Jason Schneiderman</p>