Praise
"Mental...is a deeply moving and beautifully written prequel to Home...Johnston's blend of prose-poetry and magic realism creates an intimate, almost dreamlike narrative that lingers in the mind long after reading..."
"...Home is a powerful and deeply moving journey of a woman's emotional collapse and courageous transformation...The blend of truth and fiction brings authenticity to every page, and the way you guided her from breakdown to becoming the 'Badass Mama Author' was both empowering and inspiring..."
"Cosmogony is meant to be lived. You didn't just write a rhyming, metered poem: you opened up a whole conversation...the kind of truth only women who live wild and free will fully recognize... It's an invocation. It's hope braided with myth, beauty anchored in rawness, and the magical pathos of a world where the elements themselves long to be understood..."