Lemons in the Monsoon is a collection of poetry and prose reflecting on early encounters with life's most indelible moments. This collection traverses the compelling bittersweetness of what it is to come of age, and the awareness we can distill from the provocative and soul-galvanizing experiences we have all had, and — hopefully — continue to reach toward as we reiterate ourselves through love, grief and all that which constantly asks us to change into someone more ourselves. “…these days of endless firsts and lasts; each moment holding the magic that the sunset seems to evoke once and finally — every single time… We are growing all of the time, experiencing that which has never occurred before, experiencing the old as brand new, experiencing firsts and lasts in the same breath — the last time this will ever happen for the first time. The first time this will ever happen for the last time…” Lemons in the Monsoon is an ode to the delightfully paradoxical nature of the unflinching dance with life.