The Recovery House is a sublime work, at once bracing and beautifully supple. Each poem tells its own story. Together, they form a requiem of the human heart.

—Andrea Elliott, Pulitzer Prize winning, author of Invisible Child 

The Recovery House maps the raw geography of simultaneous upheaval where amazement and devastation occupy the same breath. Cynthia Henebry's voice is unflinching, lyrical, and wise, capturing a life caught between awe and anguish. These are brave poems that don't turn away from life's brutal timing, remaining fiercely present to wonder—“the light / trailing the trees as I went”—and the complicated beauty of being utterly, recognizably human.

—Holly Wren Spaulding, author of Familiars and If August, and founder of Poetry Forge

Cynthia Henebry’s The Recovery House is beautifully done, with stunningly clear, poignant poems that take the reader on a journey through hearing loss, motherhood and heartbreak. Through it all there is acceptance and grace—and always an appreciation for what nature provides to heal and understand the soul. Words so steeped in emotion they are almost palpable. Sparing, vulnerable poems that allow the reader to hear the silence and even beauty of these losses.  Henebry’s work is deeply connected to the meaning and magic of the everyday moment.

–Amina Luqman-Dawson, Newbery Medal winner and The New York Times bestselling author of Freewater.