'Life, like a poem, is a series of choices' In her long-awaited debut memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, award-winning poet Maggie Smith explores in lyrical vignettes the end of her marriage and the beginning of a surprising new life.With the spirit of reflection and empathy she's known for, Smith interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness and narrative itself.It is a story about a mother's fierce and constant love for her children, and a woman's love and regard for herself.Above all, this memoir is an argument for possibility.Smith reveals how, in the aftermath of loss, we can discover our power and make something new.Something beautiful.