The Faces I wear

In this intimate and honest debut, Charlotte Allen explores the many identities we inhabit through the seasons of life: daughter, survivor, lover, mother, self. With poems that move gently between memory and moment, The Faces I Wear is a quiet reckoning with where we come from and who we become along the way.

Her voice is both tender and unflinching, offering a mirror to those seeking meaning in the ordinary and the sacred. These poems breathe with the soft ache of growing up, surviving, letting go, and learning to stand still in your own skin. For anyone who has ever looked in the mirror and wondered just who was looking back this collection is for you.