{"product_id":"half-life-paperback-5","title":"Half-Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Ann Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHayley Mitchell Haugen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFuller's \u003cem\u003eHalf-Life \u003c\/em\u003espans the many years it takes to come to terms with the suicide of a husband and its traumatic effect on the children: drug abuse, rape, unflinching self-analysis, survivor's guilt; the loss here is hardly manageable. The poems look to the self but also outward, to the bird feeder and garden, to the paintings of the masters, to Greek mythology, to the music of a fiddle teacher, to the dangerous beauty of southeastern Ohio's sandstone cliffs. In the face of death, the poems ask, \u003cem\u003eWhat do the living know? \u003c\/em\u003eThey know immense grief; how brutal and dark our human natures can be; that healing requires engagement with the physical world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725727043647,"sku":"9781735400242","price":29.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f5fe553baa398d6c07210148994c7b44.webp?v=1765107705","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/half-life-paperback-5","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}