Sharon Edge Martin may call herself a doubter, but the poemsin this collection shine with faith. She faces hard truths withoutflinching and without bitterness. Whether she's paying tributeto her preacher parents, fighting with her unruly garden, orscolding greedy politicians, she embraces life in all its messyglory and invites us to do the same. There are no platitudes oreasy answers on these pages. But there's plenty of laughter, music, and hope.