Hearsay celebrates a woman's life from childhood to middle age, including the often-ignored subject of work, with a voice that is sometimes tender, sometimes whimsical, but always strong. The winner of the 2003 Poets Out Loud Prize, this collection proffers craft and vision, it begins, one might say, in delight and ends in wisdom(Robert Wrigley, judge).To read a sample of her poetry, visit www.poetsoutloud.com.