This book celebrates Tessa's work over the last four decades. The selection draws attention to the authenticity and emotional integrity in her writing, her lightness of touch and openness to ideas and the world around her. The development of Tessa's style and technique becomes clear through the recurrent themes of her poetry; motherhood, destiny, nature and love.

Either as an introduction to Tessa's poetry or as a culmination of years of reading her poems, Not Just Moonshine represents a substantial body of work from one of Scotland's most accomplished and engaging poets.