Introducing Darling, the second love child from twenty-three-year-old, New Zealand born, best-selling author Cassandra Grodd. Darling is a dreamlike nightmare. The book achieves this through poetry and prose which create an unparalleled insight into Cassandra’s mind; carefully dissecting her innermost thoughts and producing them into a tangible reality.

Darling is filled with love, loss and lessons – Cassandra has an unbelievable way of articulating love, not just hers, but yours. Darling is a love letter to her following. No matter who you are there is a piece in Darling which can fix a part of you that you didn’t know was broken. Darling, follows a non-linear structure, the poetry is startling, unsettling, and is non-predictable in every respect. Phoebe Puerner, San Diego based illustrator brings Cassandra’s poetry to life through dark silhouettes and follows the story of a lost girl dashing across continents, in search for something that was always inside of her.

Cassandra says, “I consider Darling a conversation with my conscience. As much as this book is for myself, it’s also for my readers. The book opens with a note to remind them that what I do is ultimately for everyone, I sometimes feel like I’m the guinea pig who has to test out as many losses in order to inform them about it. I write alone by myself, so that others will no longer feel lonely. This book is about the irony of that.” We ask you to be careful with Darling, hold it close to your heart and allow vulnerability to work its magic. Take hold of the unknown and let Cassandra take you down her rabbit hole.