"Poems from a heart searching for healing and love; searching for God"-- "To Shatter Glass is essentially a memoir in poetic form. Its fifty-six poems vary in style and capture the heart and imagination of those searching for straight up answers to difficult questions. The material is both real and honest. It touches on the need to know ourselves, to accept our humanity as defined by God, and to strive toward reconciliation through self-examination...

"When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don't use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online. But this experience also deepens their relationship to their ancestors, providing added support from...

"Moving and evocative, this YA memoir-in-verse follows author Jiordan Castle's coming-of-age as her family reckons with the aftershocks of her father's imprisonment"--