The restlessness of youth, the landscape of the north, parents, class, the 1984 miners' strike (over long before she was born), and peripheral glimpses of the animal world are some of the poetic concerns of a collection that never becomes parochial or narrowly autobiographical.
Rather than an opaque carapace, it offers continually changing glimpses through and across its surfaces that, as well as creating simple visual fascination, communicate a sense of its inner life.
For those who know Berlin, there's something beguilingly moving about the glimpses of the city's life – the Mickey Mouse figurines in the confiserie, the list of prices in a cafe, the faces of invalids and beggars.
He's done alright so far, his batting has shown glimpses, his bowling has shown glimpses but he's got to do a bit more than that.
Sadder still, though, are the glimpses of drab blocks of flats in the background of some of the images, their looming presence disrupting the sense of ancient mystery.
The basic suite of tools journalists use has only been around six or seven years – so Gaza is one of the earliest glimpses into how propaganda and truth might intersect in 21st-century warfare.
The archive of this blog is a record of policies and pronouncements that have alienated women; the coalition's first austerity budget which cut public services, the lack of women in the cabinet and, of course, the occasional glimpses of sneering contempt from a man who believes we should all "calm down, dear".
He was extremely professional and avoided alcohol, and showed glimpses of the practical joker in him by, for example, putting his team-mates' possessions on shelves where they could not reach them.
The terms they contain allow us glimpses through other eyes, permit brief access to distant lifeworlds and habits of perception.
Television cameras caught glimpses of guns brandished by some of the men.
Port showed glimpses of its silky best throughout the first half but the Crows' midfielders were simply too good at the contests, outshining the Power in clearances and tackles.
