The Butterfly on My Shoulder

Twenty-two years of grief work rendered in poetry and prose is a formidable act of honesty, and Levin's willingness to trace not just her own grief but its ripple through the whole family gives this more scope than most bereavement memoirs. The self-published origin, the intense subject matter of suicide loss, and the absence of meaningful critical reception cap what this can earn without more evidence — it's worth knowing about for suicide-loss support communities, but a general recommendation is a stretch.