<p>How do we relate the different parts of our lives, our identities and roles? In <em>Notes from a Eucharistic Life</em>, Manon Ceridwen James explores the range of stories we tell about ourselves and the stories others tell about us-mother, woman, Welsh, priest, lecturer, sports fan, consumer... Each call for attention, sometimes integrating, sometimes competing for space. <br> There is a sense of movement in the service of the Eucharist that is captured in these poems-from welcome, through confession and listening to the 'Word', to the final dismissal-and these elements are not only present in a religious life. Confession, in the poetry of <em>Notes from a Eucharistic Life</em>, becomes a tool for exploring truth, with humour as well as precision; the 'Word' opens up questions of voice and language... <br> Above all, what unites the pieces in this collection is the sense that all of it can be given thanks for, all of it is sacred.</p>