Chaotic Good by Isabelle Baafi
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2025
Vala Thorodds a quest recorded in her

a quest recorded in her book How I Became a Tree

ready for tender connection

As for love—well

with many poems read in two languages to give the reader a true sense of the sonic beauty inherent in the work in its original tongue

Chaotic Good by Isabelle Baafi<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2025</b><br> Vala Thorodds a quest recorded in herPublished 10th April 2025. A piercing debut about how we are made, how we get lost and how we find new selves. Framed by the story of escape from a toxic marriage, Chaotic Good focuses on the incremental ways in which power accumulates, shifts and is relinquished within both home and community. Incisive, rigorous and artful, Isabelle Baafi reminds us of the importance of self determination, and how, when we feel most eroded, we might discover what we