“This Collection is a valuable expansion of, and addition to, the cultural lexicon of Canada; it will fit nicely into place within Canada’s plurality of cultures. Women’s Studies Programmes, Gender Studies Programmes, Immigration and Diasporic Studies will consider it a blessing in that it contains a varied set of creative renderings on issues that are at the centre of women’s lives. Above all, it is a rarity to find between the same two covers, the creative outpouring of women from Bangladesh, Colombia, Germany, Iran, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, and Trinidad. I enjoyed the heart statements, the pensive moments, the poetic gaze, and the often enigmatic yet profound revelations . . . And I love the silences that arrive at the most appropriate moments. … I feel sure that every school library and public library will want to make this book available to their community of readers. Newcomer women sharing their feelings, passions, politics, joys, and views on life with all and sundry is noteworthy; and especially because they are doing so in creative writing.” –Dr. Althea Prince, Author and University Professor