{"product_id":"pluck-paperback","title":"Pluck - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA former pastor reckons with fallout when a lifetime of religious practice intersects with a modern life that's messier than doctrine allows.\u003c\/b\u003e What happens when old certainties are no longer certain? What is left when we take off the old clothes that used to keep us warm, but no longer fit? \u003ci\u003ePluck\u003c\/i\u003e is a book-length meditation on what wrestling with faith, or its inverse, looks like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his 5th poetry collection, Adam Hughes uses a conversational approach to share his own all-too-human personal experiences while pulling back layers of his life, loves, and his relationship to the religion that shaped him. \"I want to be known perfectly and loved anyway,\" is the cry of the author, as is the acceptance of doubt, disbelief, and drift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pursuit of authenticity and a coming to terms with doubt, this book is for all of those who are fellow G(g)od wrestlers, doubters, the restless and dissatisfied, for those who are tired of old certainties and structures that have long since broken down around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Hughes is a poet, writer, teacher, and performer. \u003ci\u003ePluck\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA, 2025) is his fifth full-length poetry collection. Adam has been a pastor, a hospice grief coordinator, a college professor, and is currently a high school English teacher. Hughes lives in Bedford, VA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 109\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.74 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156407353407,"sku":"9781960145741","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/rpiO6UfcDg9781960145741.webp?v=1776972028","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/pluck-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}