{"product_id":"hello-darling-paperback","title":"Hello, Darling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2nd Place Winner, The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHello, Darling\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eexplores the relationship of a mother with her daughter struggling with mental health. Christine Higgins shares both the joy and the complexity of childrearing, while paying tribute to an exuberant and creative child. Motherhood doesn't end, but it does change when the daughter dies at the age of seventeen. These poems explore the grief of both parents and what it takes to heal from within that grief. In \u003cem\u003eHello, Darling, \u003c\/em\u003e Higgins gives voice to sorrow while holding fast to the love that is essential. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarly Praise: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Christine Higgins has, as we Lakota say, written a Death Song that acknowledges when sung, \u003cem\u003ewe are always present\u003c\/em\u003e. This is poetry at its purest and best.\" --Andrew Brown, \u003cem\u003eThe Chugalug King\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I read it again and again because I wanted to be beside these poems, to feel their tenderness, their hope, and their deep love.\" --Kendra Kopelke, \u003cem\u003eHopper's Women\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 38\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.08 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710196944959,"sku":"9781948461382","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7a588d1aed1bc1c6c8f0b4b8ab3d8eba.webp?v=1765054084","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/hello-darling-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}