In her fourth poetry collection, Olive Senior continues her ongoing investigation of the natural world and the power of her Caribbean heritage. She guides us through a realm of miniature elegance-that of shells in their abundant manifestations: eggs as hymns, mollusks as metaphors, shells of all kinds as home, as womb, as token, and as totem. She places these shells at the heart of the Jamaican cane fields, revealing a history rich with culture and haunted by slavery.