The poems in Seventeen Park Lane explore the spiritual connection between person and place. The collection celebrates the gift of memory.

The title comes from the street address of Sandy Lee's grandmother's home in Darien, Connecticut. Carlson says, "My grandmother would fill her home with stories about, past, present, and future in a way that made me feel part of her world and the many things she loved about it. She created a home that was as much a psychological state as a physical one. The house is no longer in the family, but the sense of home stays with me almost 40 years after her passing. This book is my attempt to give voice to the ineffable spirit of home." This is a book about family, love that endures over time and space, and the power of memory to create home wherever we are.