{"product_id":"our-imaginary-childhood-paperback","title":"Our Imaginary Childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Imaginary Childhood, \u003c\/em\u003e Sara Watson's vivid new chapbook, takes on the task of narrating childhood through the offbeat, precocious voices of eleven siblings growing up helter-skelter. The mother and father drink and \"spend whole days in bed.\" \"They love us, but they have headaches,\" the unnamed central narrator says, and later adds, \"Every family needs a storyteller, otherwise the family is a secret.\" The slow reveal of this family' secret pries open the brief, compact form of the chapbook. The ending of \u003cem\u003eOUR IMAGINARY CHILDHOOD\u003c\/em\u003e is worthy of a novella. This is a very poignant and intelligent debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Lynn Emanuel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe magic of Sara Watson's \u003cem\u003eOur Imaginary Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e collects in coffee cans, dirty spoons, crows' nests, and graveyards. This is a family ghost story where the ghosts are alive, playing house or playing dead in a home filled with love and haunted by alcoholism. But in the mailbox or under a rock or beneath a tree there is always a secret password, a key to the kingdom of hazy orange kid dreams. Each of these prose poems is a tiny wonder.\u003cstrong\u003e-Rochelle Hurt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726337314879,"sku":"9798888381861","price":27.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/aef5b8b7577636a09aa0f6a6b6ba1802.webp?v=1765110296","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/our-imaginary-childhood-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}