"Exhale, Exhale" explores the many facets of love, including nostalgia, separation, and newly-found happiness. These terse poems describe various passages of a love story unravelling between two continents, from the lonesome nights of a distant relationship to the abstract imperative of finding happiness within oneself. With a voice that is both wry and tender, the author guides the reader through a journey to the depths of the human soul, in search of what comes after love. Poet and scholar Cristina Perissinotto has enjoyed important life passages in Montreal, Ficulle, Ottawa, Champaign-Urbana, Portogruaro and Venice. Her poetry is published both in Italian and in English.