The work as a whole finds Shapland determined to reckon with the biggest challenges that face us as a society.

Although her descriptions of rampant toxicity and environmental degradation raise alarms, she is not primarily concerned with drawing attention to threat.

Intimate and well-researched.

A masterful, incisive, and intellectually moving piece of work that I couldn’t stop reading and annotating. When I finished it, I wanted to immediately reread it and make sure I didn’t miss anything..

Jenn Shapland moves between numerous weighty topics.

Breathtaking in their sharp synthesis of a variety of ideas and experiences, Shapland’s essays are a truth-telling balm for mind, body, and spirit..

Exhilarating.