I don't do poetry so I wasn't really looking forward to reading this book - I was wrong. There are poems in this book but it is so much more than that. This book is a treasure trove of the personal experiences of children and adults who stammer. These are depicted through the mediums of poetry, cartoons, drawings and short stories, that together combine to produce a visually stunning page-turner of a book. Each page communicates the pain, sadness and difficulties which having a stammer can bring and yet, when I'd finished the book, I was left with overwhelming feelings of empathy, hope and optimism.

This book does not offer a diagnostic tool or therapy techniques. It does not offer the latest research. What it does give is something far more important - an insight into the thoughts and feelings of people who stammer. Intimate knowledge teaches us more than distant knowledge and this book provides that. I was genuinely touched.

Oh, yes the poetry. When I read the words of a seven year old boy eloquently and poetically describing what it is like to stammer ('I feel sad when people laugh at me, the hurt inside they cannot see...") I could not fail to be moved. My problem now is that I cannot decide which poem I like the most.

Well done to all the contributors, young and old, and well done BSA for producing these works in such a beautiful way.

Required reading for all those who seek to understand the experiences of others and to see the world from their eyes.