{"product_id":"a-scattering-and-annivesary-paperback","title":"A Scattering and Annivesary - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Reid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of love and loss by the renowned Costa Award-winning poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou lived at such speed that the ballpoint script \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003erunning aslant and fading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eacross the faded blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecan scarcely keep up. Many words are illegible. I miss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eimportant steps. Your movements blur. I want to follow, but can't.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Scattering \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of lamentation and remembrance, its subject being Christopher Reid's wife, the actress Lucinda Gane, who died of cancer at the age of fifty-five. First published in the UK in 2009 to wide acclaim, winning the Costa Book of the Year, this moving and fiercely self-reflective collection is divided into four poetic sequences. The first was written during a holiday a few months before Gane's death with the knowledge that the end was approaching; the second recalls her last courageous weeks, spent in a hospice in London; the third continues the exploration of bereavement from a variety of perspectives; and the fourth addresses her directly, celebrating her life, personality, and achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaired for the first time with \u003ci\u003eAnniversary\u003c\/i\u003e, which was written to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Gane's death, \u003ci\u003eA Scattering and Anniversary \u003c\/i\u003ebrings the poet into dialogue, again, with the wife he loved. A moving exploration of the stages of grief and how the \"weighty emptinesses\" that remain after bereavement change us, \u003ci\u003eA Scattering and Anniversary \u003c\/i\u003eshows us what it means to love, lose, and--forever changed--continue on.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Reid\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books of poems, including \u003ci\u003eA Scattering\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award) and \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1991 to 1999 he was the poetry editor at Faber and Faber, Ltd., where he worked with Ted Hughes on such books as \u003ci\u003eTales from Ovid\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, and later edited \u003ci\u003eLetters of Ted Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2007). He is now a freelance writer and lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724105617471,"sku":"9780374538088","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0ca0e9b416233691502f4a470e1be4a3.webp?v=1765101504","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-scattering-and-annivesary-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}