OUT NOW! Memoona's debut poetry collection "once-joined pieces" tells a coming-of-age story: that of the fragility of childhood, identity and loss. She writes from a frank and vulnerable place on the painful realisation of fragmentation, drawing together her experiences in fractured shards of identity. This collection will take you on a journey of turmoil and acceptance: of fearing what lies within the dark places and finding out. Across the horizons of youth and young adulthood, Memoona documents a searing search for wholeness - the healing of what has passed and the raging ocean of what is to come. Multi-slam winner and performance poet Jemima Hughes: "Blurring the innocence of childhood with the gravity of growing up, Memoona’s powerful story of growth and acceptance leaves you prematurely proud of further years of growth destined to come. Both breathtaking and heartbreaking. Delicate and indestructible. Brace yourself." British Pakistani poet and playwright Nafeesa Hamid: "...a reclamation of Life...and considered observance of unease; the impossibility of belonging in a body sometimes. These stories are timeless and relevant; that of the apprehension and relief of being part of something greater than ourselves, and finding the courage to rebuild a life for ourselves time and time again."