This is the first book of poems that I have ever reviewed. I picked it because of the subject matter.

Until You Make The Shore is a fictional collection of poems by Cameron Conway of girls, from eight to seventeen years old in detention facility.

They are dark, gritty, painful and lacking in hope. It is easy to imagine why they feel they have no future.
The feeling that I take away from this book is that I wish I could take those experiences away from the girls and never let anyone have those nightmarish times.

I received this finished copy from the publisher as a win from FirstReads but that in no way influenced my thoughts or feelings in this review. ( )