Maria Tonu's poems and prose are of a tremendous gravity. The passions are total, the suffering full of dignity, the failures are proudly endured, the accomplishments - expensively paid ... Everything in them is important. The one who submits them is undoubtedly one of our wonderful writers of contemporary Bessarabian poetry and prose. Her name is - Maria Tonu. Vitalie Răileanu, literary critic, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova