'Everyone should read these stories for the sheer beauty of the telling and the powerful lessons in forbearance and overcoming they offer up to us.' Jacob Ross

‘This is a brave and inspiring collection of poems and short stories that weave overlapping images of home, belonging and kinship through the curious eyes of a new generation of young Somalis who are determined to carve a place for themselves in the world in which they reside.’ Hanna Ali

'Over the course of a year young women from the charity’s user base, Reach Academy, Villiers School and various community groups attended writing and performance workshops. The poems, stories and song lyrics in this anthology represent the work developed by young people at these workshops.' Jacqueline Crooks

'Deeply felt poems, tender and multi-voiced — these women have created poems that 'flow out of fire' and travel back to the 'black blades of the grass' of language.' Mona Arshi

'These urgent, powerful poems explore themes of freedom, subjugation, justice and self-expression. Many offer a heartfelt celebration of the suffragettes, but many more highlight how the struggle for women’s rights continues. These are poems that speak of hardship, hope and the profound value of giving voice to experience.' Kate Wakeling

'A timely collection of bittersweet, continually tear-jerking testimonies. These are the stories and reflections of those we usually only hear of as inhuman numbers, regularly used as props for political point scoring. If these voices don't haunt you, they will at least stay with you as you digest your daily news reports.' Iona Craig