Expectation Days

From movie making to medical misadventures, meditations on widowhood to feminist protestations, Expectation Days is a dazzling portrayal of instances in Sandra McPherson\u2019s life. Her autobiographical collection uses peculiar and exact language to reflect on a wide range of activities that include grouse hunting, going through airport security after 9/11, and climbing a coastal cliff. From being an unintended child to ceremonializing a lifetime \u201cserved,\u201d McPherson speaks in both clear and distressing voices from the state of speechless fear that is bereavement. Will the little figures ever reach the monument?A doctor orders me to be on watch. Will the mist pass over their cheeks and clear the strollers\u2019 eyes?If so, I\u2019ll see it. I\u2019m on watch.I train my eyes on paintingsto see if there is any change.--from \u201cOn Suicide Watch\u201d