{"product_id":"unsuspecting-cinderella-paperback","title":"Unsuspecting Cinderella - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShyla Shehan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnsuspecting Cinderella\u003c\/em\u003e is what happens after the glass slipper slips on and the prince carries the poet off to the castle. These are pensive, incisive lines of deep hungers \u003cem\u003e(I want you to want me like a fever breaking)\u003c\/em\u003e, and the Midas-like emptiness at the castle that leaves one \u003cem\u003ecurled into a ball and opening umbrellas on the inside.\u003c\/em\u003e It's the cautionary tale of compromising our truest self for a life that is both more than enough and nowhere near enough. A chapbook that reads like a novel written on a silver matchbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Teri Youmans\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeaking to and for others who have risen from the commonplace into the exciting but fearsome American dream, \u003cstrong\u003eShyla Shehan\u003c\/strong\u003e \"can't even see myself\" as she looks in the mirror, just a regular bathroom mirror. Life changes, and, in part two, the speaker of these poems is living in The Castle-watching, worrying, working to fit in and accept. Shehan's powerful debut is honest, moving, and deeply instructive.\u003cstrong\u003e-Steve Langan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShyla Shehan\u003c\/strong\u003e's remarkable first collection, \u003cem\u003e Unsuspecting Cinderella\u003c\/em\u003e, packs a lot of punch in its thirty pages. The poems of the first section track a female persona through the losses of love and the strangeness of life when one moves through it alone. The second section follows that same persona into a world of new love and the oddly haunting burden of unexpected affluence. Throughout, the poems are rich with vibrant language, surprising reversals, and insights into the difficulties of surviving emotionally in our stressful culture. The collection is both entertaining and moving, not to mention philosophically engaging. I look forward to seeing a lot more work by this accomplished poet.\u003cstrong\u003e-Jim Peterson\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Horse Who Bears Me Away\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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 46\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.11 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735770894399,"sku":"9781646628063","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/07a593730dbd2af0c2d4d3fe3b064f57.webp?v=1765144608","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/unsuspecting-cinderella-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}