Summit 21

by Ashley Evans

Where does our love go when we are gone? The question is, where does it not? A collection of poetry and prose written over several years, woven together as the story of our love, Summit 21 is a poignant and honest account of loving through mental illness and the breakdown of a transformative relationship. Through its current and approachable style, Summit 21 is as deeply introspective, insightful, and heartbreaking as it is restorative and sanguine. A love, which never ceased to exist, is only now less orderly.

206 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

Reviews

[Allison Thomson · Rating 4 out of 5]

To feel the depths of another’s loss, Summit 21 allows the reader to perform an emotional autopsy on ourself. It was with anxious acceptance that I turned the pages of this prose-like poem, to feel the wounds of suicide attempts and the intrinsic misunderstanding that love offers in all its beauty. Evans exposes what the reader can only imagine as first-person trauma, using imagery from nature and the west coast ocean, she shares deeply intimate revelations of how we love, and how we grow from the loss of great love.