The Way the Water Held Me comedy with which I do battle

with which I do battle - may they never give me peace' PATRICIA HIGHSMITH (New Year's Eve

there seems little doubt of a guilty verdict

sexy as hell and laugh out loud funny' Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

and Amy follow their own paths

they don’t bite… except into delicious baked goods

The Way the Water Held Me comedy with which I do battleWhile newly married, with the couple expecting their first child, Catherine Redfords wife was tragically diagnosed with a terminal illness. The Way the Water Held Me is a mesmeric plunge into the caring, grief, loss and love experienced by a young widow. Across poems of heartbreak and honesty, memory and mourning and through unlikely companionship with a widowed Mary Shelley Catherine Redfords debut collection is visceral, profound and alive with what